Situated Cognition

by Kirshner, David; Whitson, James A.

• ISBN13: 9780805820386
• ISBN10: 0805820388
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-05-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Inc

Summary

Presents a selective overview of situated cognition theory. Chapters contribute to discourse about repositioning situated cognition theory within the broader supporting disciplines and to resolving the problematics addressed within the book.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Editors' Introduction To Situated Cognition: Social Semiotic And Psychological Perspectives	p. 1
The Culture of Acquisition And The Practice of Understanding	p. 17
Cognition, Context, and Learning A Social Semiotic Perspective	p. 37
Redefining the Subject In Situated Cognition Theory	p. 57
Living Math Lave and Walkerdine on The Meaning of Everyday Arithmetic	p. 71
The Situated Development Of Logic in Infancy A Case Study	p. 83
Cognition as a Semiosic Process From Situated Mediation To Critical Reflective Transcendence	p. 97
Mathematizing and Symbolizing The Emergence of Chains Of Signification in One First-Grade Classroom	p. 151
Thinking, Learning, and Reading The Situated Sociocultural Mind	p. 235
Explaining Learning The Research Trajectory Of Situated Cognition and The Implications of Connectionism	p. 261
Situated Cognition And How to Overcome It	p. 281
Situated Cognition in Search Of an Agenda	p. 301
Author Index	p. 311
Subject Index	p. 317
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