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Sociocultural Psychology: Theory and Practice of Doing and Knowing

Hardback

Main Details

Title Sociocultural Psychology: Theory and Practice of Doing and Knowing
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Laura Martin
Edited by Katherine Nelson
Edited by Ethel Tobach
SeriesLearning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:428
Dimensions(mm): Height 236,Width 159
ISBN/Barcode 9780521462785
ClassificationsDewey:302
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 7 Tables, unspecified; 1 Halftones, unspecified; 24 Line drawings, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 29 September 1995
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

These essays by leading theorists and researchers in sociocultural, cognitive, developmental, and educational psychology honor the memory of Sylvia Scribner, who believed that science holds a responsibility to human welfare and understanding and whose work is recognized by 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 behavior at work, in school, and in problem solving situations, and it analyzes historical-societal processes in science and culture. 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