TR 68. Crossing the Bridge to Practice: Rethinking the Theories of Vygotsky and Bakhtin

By: Sarah Warshauer Freedman
Publication: National Center for the Study of Writing and Literacy Technical Report
Date: 1994

Summary: The author's study of secondary school classrooms in the United States and Britain reveals that when teachers apply the theories of Vygotsky and Bakhtin, these theories are not always useful guides for classroom practice.