Contexts for Learning : Sociocultural Dynamics in Children's Development

Forman, Ellice A., Minick, Norris, Stone, C. Addison

ISBN 10: 0195109775 / ISBN 13: 9780195109771

Edité par Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1996

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• Titre: Contexts for Learning : Sociocultural Dynamics in Children's Development
• Éditeur: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Date de parution: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0195109775
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780195109771
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• État de l'article: Good
• Poids: 1,303 livre

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Synopsis

This work presents landmark research concerning the vital dynamics of childhood psychological development. It's origin can be traced to the late 1970s, when several psychologists began to challenge existing notions of cognitive development by suggesting that such functioning is bound to specific contexts and that cognitive development is based on the mastery of culturally defined ways of speaking, thinking, and acting. About the same time, several translations were made available in this country of the seminal work of Vygotsky, the noted theoretician, offering a conceptual base on which these workers could build. This volume, with contributions from many of the scholars who pioneered this area and translated the work of Vygotsky, looks at the complex mechanisms by which children acquire the cultural and linguistic tools to carry out cognitive activities and explores the implications of this research for education. The book is organized around three main parts: Discourse and Learning in Classroom Practice, Interpersonal Relations in Formal and Informal Education, and The Sociocultural Institutions of Formal and Informal Education. An afterword by Jacqueline Goodnow suggests new directions for sociocultural research and education. The intended audience is composed of developmental, educational, and cognitive psychologists, along with advanced students in developmental and educational psychology.

À propos de l?auteur

Norris Minick is Assistant Professor of Communicative Sciences and Disorders in the School of Speech at Northwestern University. Ellice A. Forman is Assistant Professor in the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh. C. Addison Stone is Professor and Head of the Program on Learning Disabilities in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Northwestern University.