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Abstract

The commentaries by James Wertsch and Michael Boyes present reflections on the problems that I tried to state from two divergent perpsective. Wertsch is one of the best known representatives of the Vygotskian school in the United States and, hence, understands my description of the developmental work of the Vygotskian school “from the inside”. His commentary clarifies and broadens our understanding of some this school’s significant contributions. In contrast, Michael Boyes finds himself “outside” Vygotskian theory and, therefore, focuses him commentary on a comparison between the work of the Vygotskian school and developmental psychology within the American context.