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This book provides a comprehensive discussion of important concepts from cultural psychology applied in the fields of education, arts, and the process of meaning-making across different contexts. Through an insightful exploration, this book navigates the intricate connections between cultural contexts, psychological processes, meaning-making, and creative expressions. Drawing on a range of theoretical frameworks and empirical studies, this book offers a multidimensional perspective on how cultural factors shape educational practices, influence learning outcomes, guide meaning-making in diverse spheres of life, and contribute to the development of artistic endeavors. The book delves into diverse topics such as cultural identity formation, multicultural education, the impact of cultural beliefs on teaching and learning methodologies, and meaning-making on sociocultural contexts. It also explores the role of cultural heritage in artistic expression, the influence of societal norms, and the ways in which individuals from different cultural backgrounds interpret, make meaning of divers kind of phenomena. This book encourages readers to embrace cultural diversity, foster intercultural understanding, and harness the power of cultural psychology to enrich educational experiences, meaning-making processes in multiple contexts, and artistic endeavors. It serves as a valuable resource for educators, psychologists, artists, and anyone interested in understanding the profound impact of culture on human cognition, behavior, and creative expression.
List of contents
PART 1 - Cultural Psychology of Education.- Chapter 1 - The Cultural Psychology Of Educational Innovation: Understanding Teachers' Human Development.- Chapter 2. Cultural influences on the mathematics learning of children with autism spectrum disorder.- Chapter 3. Semiotic mediation and imagination in the chemistry learning process.- Chapter 4 - Processes of meaning the concept of heat from a Vygotskyan perspective.- Chapter 5. Self-narrated experiences in the sphere of teaching within a quilombola community.- Chapter 6. Commentary-chapter on Part 1 - Cultural Psychology of Education on the Movement.-
PART 2 - Cultural Psychology and Artistic Manifestations.- Chapter 7 - A cultural and dialogical approach to creative processes in the performance “Hacking the 33rd Bienal de Artes de São Paulo” by Denilson Baniwa.- Chapter 8. Does paying taxes make sense? Exploring the tax semiosphere through artistic icons.- Chapter 9. Acoustic ecology and soundland: musical experiences built in the internship field.- Chapter 10. The impact of supervised internship in music education on the transition to teaching.- Chapter 11. Musical journey of a trombonist entering the music teacher training course and her professional future.- Chapter 12. Music As A Symbolic Resource to adapt to tensegrities in Human Development.- Chapter 13. Commentary - Chapter on part 2 - Art as a semiotic field of contigent cultivation.
PART 3 - Models of Psychological Resistance.- Chapter 14. Facing Resistance: Strategies For Implementing Digital Technologies In The Classroom.- Chapter 15. Resistance In Health: Oncologic Care Awareness And Self-Awareness During Medical Treatment.- Chapter 16. At the Border of School and community: The challenges of contextualized education for rural youth. Chapter 17. Art and Resistance in Calabar Community.- Chapter 18. Play With Me: The Dynamics Of Resistance In Play.- Chapter 19. Gender equality in domestic work: Resistance from within and beyond.- Chapter 20. Commentary - chapter on part 3 - Matters: Psychological resistance in the 21st Century.-
PART 4 - Perspectives on Socio-Cultural Processes.- Chapter 21. Cultural psychology in the investigation of elderly women's blackening experience.- Chapter 22. The culture of indebtedness and the limits in the experience of using credit.- Chapter 23. Rupture and Transition: The Dimension of Temporality in Human Development.- Chapter 24. A meaning to life: Persistence in the search for motherhood.- Chapter 25. The grief process in the context of the Covid-19 Pendemic: Articulations with Semiotic cultural psychology in the psychotherapeutic setting.- Chapter 26. Commentary : Chapter on part 4 - Meaning in motion: A Commentary on contemporary perspectives on socio-cultural processes.
About the author
João R. R. Tenorio da Silva currently teaches and engages in research activities in the Department of Chemistry at the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Brazil. He holds a degree in Chemistry, a master's in Education and Sciences, and a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology. He has over 10 years of experience as a university lecturer and has dedicated himself to studies in the field of Cultural Psychology, participating in and organizing events and publishing works at both national and international levels.
