Sociocultural Psychology

Theory and Practice of Doing and Knowing
Herausgeber: Martin, Laura M.; Tobach, Ethel; Nelson, Katherine

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

These essays by leading theorists and researchers in sociocultural, cognitive, developmental, and educational psychology honor the memory of Sylvia Scribner, whose work is recognized by each of the authors as seminal to her own thinking. The themes include the relationship between history and culture, the importance of context to thinking, the place of literacy in human activity and thought, and cognition in school and in the workplace. The volume presents applications of Activity Theory to fundamental issues in human behavior at work, in school, and in problem solving situations, and it analyzes historical-societal processes in science and culture. Scribner's conviction that science holds a responsibility to human welfare and understanding is carried on in these chapters. Sociocultural Psychology is essential reading for researchers and graduate students in sociocultural, cognitive, developmental, and educational psychology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 428
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 844g
• ISBN-13: 9780521462785
• ISBN-10: 0521462789
• Artikelnr.: 22472857

Inhaltsangabe

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.