Sociocultural Psychology - Theory and Practice of Doing and Knowing

Klappentext Presents applications of activity theory; in honour of Sylvia Scribner. Zusammenfassung These essays by leading theorists and researchers in sociocultural! cognitive! developmental! and educational psychology honour the memory of Sylvia Scribner. The volume presents applications of activity theory to fundamental issues in human behaviour at work! in school and in problem solving situations. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction Laura Martin, Katherine Nelson and Ethel Tobach; 2. Situated theory as a bridge between psychology, history, and educational practices Robert Serpell; 3. The uniqueness of human labor Ethel Tobach; 4. Reflecting Russian consciousness Jerome Bruner; 5. Opening vistas for cognitive psychology William Hirst and David Manier; 6. Analysis of developmental processes in sociocultural activity Barbara Rogoff, Barabara Radziszewska and Tracy Miello; 7. Linking thought and setting in the study of workplace learning Laura M. W. Martin; 8. Creating sustainable activity systems: a meso-genetic approach Michael Cole; 9. The abstract and the concrete Rachel Joffe Falmagne; 10. From spontaneous to scientific concepts: continuities and discontinuities from childhood to adulthood Katherine Nelson; 11. The psychology of Japanese literacy: expanding 'The practice account' Giyoo Hatano; 12. Voices of thinking and speaking James V. Wertsch, Fran Hagstrom and Eve Kikas; 13. The qualitative analysis of the development of a child's theoretical knowledge and thinking Mariane Hedegaard; 14. Intellectual and manual labor: implications for developmental theory Joseph Glick; 15. Innovative organizational learning in medical and legal settings Yrjö Engeström; 16. Visionary realism, lifespan discretionary time, and the evolving role of work Howard E. Gruber.

Product details

• Authors: Laura Martin, Laura (Arizona Museum of Science and Techn Martin, Laura Nelson Martin
• Assisted by: Laura Martin (Editor), Katherine Nelson (Editor), Nelson Katherine (Editor), Ethel Tobach (Editor), Tobach Ethel (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.10.2008
• EAN: 9780521089180
• ISBN: 978-0-521-08918-0
• No. of pages: 428
• Series: Learning in Doing: Social, Cog; Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, Social interaction, Social, group or collective psychology, Social and ethical issues