Understanding Practice
Perspectives on Activity and Context
Published on 31. May 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
428 pages
978-0-521-55851-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
'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 RogoffMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
6 Tables, unspecified; 13 Line drawings, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
646 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-55851-8 (9780521558518)
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06/1993
Cambridge University Press
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06/1993
Cambridge University Press
€58.81
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Persons
Content
Series foreword; List of contributors; Part I. Introduction: 1. The practice of learning Jean Lave; Part II. Learning Craftwork: 2. Learning to navigate Edwin Hutchins; 3. Developmental studies of work as a testbench of activity theory: the case of primary care medical practice Yrjoe Engestroem; 4. Re-searching psychotherapeutic practice Ole Dreier; 5. Thinking and acting with iron Charles Keller and Janet Dixon Keller; 6. Artificial intelligence as craftwork Lucy A. Suchman and Randall H. Trigg; 7. Behavior setting analysis of situated learning: the case of newcomers Urs Fuhrer; Part III. Learning as Social Production: 8. Examinations reexamined: certification of students or certification of knowledge? Steinar Kvale; 9. Beneath the skin and between the ears: a case study in the politics of representation Hugh Mehan; 10. The acquisition of a child by a learning disability R. P. McDermott; 11. Context and scaffolding in developmental studies of mother-child problem-solving dyads Harold G. Levine; 12. Solving everyday problems in the formal setting: an empirical study of the school as context for thought Roger Saeljoe and Jan Wynham; 13. Teacher's directives: the social construction of 'literal meanings' and 'real worlds' in classroom discourse Norris Minick; Part IV. Conclusion; 14. Understanding the social scientific practice of Understanding practice Seth Chaiklin; Index.