Understanding Practice: Perspectives on Activity and Context - Couverture souple

Chaiklin, Seth

 
9780521558518: Understanding Practice: Perspectives on Activity and Context

Synopsis

Understanding Practice brings together the many different perspectives that have been applied to examining social context. From Ole Dreier's work on the therapeutic relationship, to Hugh Mehan's work on learning by disabled students, to Charles and Janet Keller's work on blacksmithing, the chapters form a diverse and fascinating look at situated learning. A distinctive feature of the book is the wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches to the problem of understanding cognition in everyday settings.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Understanding Practice brings together the many different perspectives that have been applied to examining social context. From Ole Dreier's work on the therapeutic relationship, to Hugh Mehan's work on learning by disabled students, to Charles and Janet Keller's work on blacksmithing, the chapters form a diverse and fascinating look at situated learning. A distinctive feature of the book is the wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches to the problem of understanding cognition in everyday settings.

Revue de presse

'Understanding Practice is an important contribution to the direction of the field. It has a cohesive theme that is timely in the direction of several disciplines, including psychology, anthropology and education.' Barbara Rogoff

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9780521392631: Understanding Practice: Perspectives on Activity and Context

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521392632 ISBN 13 :  9780521392631
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1993
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