Jean Vygotsky is a theorist know for his work on constructivism theory. He was born November 17, 1896 in in Orsha, a city in the western Russian Empire.

Lev Vgotsky studied in Moscow in the 1920's at Moscow's Institute of Psychology. While there he began researching topics such as language, attention, and memory with the help of his students.

As a result of his research he developed several important theories about the way children learn and grow within culture and society.

One theory Vygotsky is known for is constructivism which is a theory based on background knowledge and using it to continue to build connections while learning new things.