Sociocultural Psychology: Theory and Practice of Doing and Knowing

by Edited by Laura Martin , Katherine Nelson , Ethel Tobach

• ISBN13: 9780521089180
• ISBN10: 0521089182
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-10-30
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Situated theory as a bridge between psychology, history, and educational practices

The uniqueness of human labor

Reflecting Russian consciousness

Opening vistas for cognitive psychology

Analysis of developmental processes in sociocultural activity

Linking thought and setting in the study of workplace learning

Creating sustainable activity systems: a meso-genetic approach

The abstract and the concrete

From spontaneous to scientific concepts: continuities and discontinuities from childhood to adulthood

The psychology of Japanese literacy: expanding 'The practice account'

Voices of thinking and speaking

The qualitative analysis of the development of a child's theoretical knowledge and thinking

Intellectual and manual labor: implications for developmental theory

Innovative organizational learning in medical and legal settings

Visionary realism, lifespan discretionary time, and the evolving role of work

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