Understanding Practice : Perspectives on Activity and Context

by Edited by Seth Chaiklin , Jean Lave

• ISBN13: 9780521558518
• ISBN10: 0521558514
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-05-31
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Series foreword	vii
List of contributors	ix
Part I Introduction
The practice of learning	3	(32)
Jean Lave
Part II Learning craftwork
Learning to navigate	35	(29)
Edwin Hutchins
Developmental studies of work as a testbench of activity theory: The case of primary care medical practice	64	(40)
Yrjo Engestrom
Re-searching psychotherapeutic practice	104	(21)
Ole Dreier
Thinking and acting with iron	125	(19)
Charles Keller
Janet Dixon Keller
Artificial intelligence as craftwork	144	(35)
Lucy A. Suchman
Randall H. Trigg
Behavior setting analysis of situated learning: The case of newcomers	179	(36)
Urs Fuhrer
Part III Learning as social production
Examinations reexamined: Certification of students or certification of knowledge?	215	(26)
Steinar Kvale
Beneath the skin and between the ears: A case study in the politics of representation	241	(28)
Hugh Mehan
The acquisition of a child by a learning disability	269	(37)
R. P. McDermott
Context and scaffolding in developmental studies of mother-child problem-solving dyads	306	(21)
Harold G. Levine
Solving everyday problems in the formal setting: An empirical study of the school as context for thought	327	(16)
Roger Saljo
Jan Wyndhamn
Teacher's directives: The social construction of ``literal meanings'' and ``real worlds'' in classroom discourse	343	(34)
Norris Minick
Part IV Conclusion
Understanding the social scientific practice of Understanding practice	377	(26)
Seth Chaiklin
Author index	403	(5)
Subject index	408