Understanding Practice: Perspectives on Activity and Context (Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives) - Hardcover

 
9780521392631: Understanding Practice: Perspectives on Activity and Context (Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0521392632 ISBN 13: 9780521392631
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1993

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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Review

'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

Book Description

Forms 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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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1993
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521392632
ISBN 13 
9780521392631
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
426
Editor
Chaiklin Seth, Lave Jean

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