Addresses the relationship between development, learning, and schooling, and links developmental learning and democratic education, employing a Vygostkian perspective.

Preface, Lois Holzman; Part I Current Educational Models: Misguided by Scientific Psychology, Lois Holzman; Chapter 1 Can Schools Be Growthful in a Nongrowthful World?, Lois Holzman; Chapter 2 Development and Learning: What Psychology Has Constructed, Lois Holzman; Part II A New Cultural, Performatory Psychology, Lois Holzman; Chapter 3 Vygotsky's Promise: The Unity Learning-Leading-Development, Lois Holzman; Chapter 4 Performing Development: Nonepistemological Learning, Lois Holzman; Part III Radical Educational Alternatives and Their Developmental Potential, Lois Holzman; Chapter 5 Project Golden Key: A Russian Experiment in Developmental Education, Lois Holzman; Chapter 6 When Democratic Education Is Developmental: The Sudbury Valley School Model, Lois Holzman; Chapter 7 The Barbara Taylor School: A Development Community Where Children Learn, Lois Holzman; Chapter 8 Not a Conclusion, Lois Holzman;