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Sociocultural Psychology: Theory and Practice of Doing and Knowing
Hardback
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:Hardback | | Pages:428 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 236,Width 159 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521462785
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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 |
29 September 1995 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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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
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