Human Development in the Life Course - Melodies of Living

Informationen zum Autor Tania Zittoun is a Professor of Psychology and Education at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Klappentext This book shows how individuals develop a unique style or 'melody' of living, beyond physical and social constraints. Zusammenfassung This book proposes an integrative sociocultural perspective on psychological development. It examines human change in different social spheres throughout the life course and highlights the role of play and imagination in unique individual trajectories and in the reinvention of societies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface: from dispute to collaboration; Introduction: melodies of living; Part I. Time for Development: 1. Solidity of science and fullness of living: a theoretical exposé; 2. Imagination and the life course; 3. Moving through time: imagination and memory as semiotic processes; 4. Models of time for the life course; Part II. Spaces for Development: 5. Social framing of lives: from phenomena to theories; 6. Stability and innovation in adults narrating their lives: insights from psychotherapy research; 7. Paradoxes of learning; Part III. Beyond Time and Space: Imagination: 8. We are migrants!; 9. Playing while being serious: the lifelong game of development - and its tools; 10. Playing under the influence: activity contexts in their social functions; 11. 'Old age' as living forward; 12. Epilogue: the course of life as a melody.

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• Authors: Dieter Ferring, Miguel M. Goncalves, Joao Salgado, Jaan Valsiner, Dankert Vedeler, Tania Zittoun, Tania Valsiner Zittoun
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2015
• EAN: 9781107562387
• ISBN: 978-1-107-56238-7
• No. of pages: 446
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology