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Sociocultural Psychology: Theory and Practice of Doing and Knowing
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Sociocultural Psychology: Theory and Practice of Doing and Knowing
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| Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Laura Martin
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Edited by Katherine Nelson
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Edited by Ethel Tobach
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| Series | Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:428 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521089180
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| Classifications | Dewey:302 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
7 Tables, unspecified; 1 Halftones, unspecified; 24 Line drawings, unspecified
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
30 October 2008 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
These essays by leading theorists and researchers in sociocultural, cognitive, developmental and educational psychology honour the memory of Sylvia Scribner, whose work is recognized by each of the authors as seminal to their 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 behaviour at work, in school, and in problem solving situations, and it analyses 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 crucial reading for researchers and graduate students in sociocultural, cognitive, developmental and educational psychology.
Reviews"...the volume brings to its readers a number of valuable new ideas and current intellectual position statements..." Jaan Valsiner, Contemporary Psychology
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