Product Description: The cultural-historical approach started in the 1930s by Lev Vygotsky, who held that learning and instruction are the means to development, is the foundation for the Radical-Local Theory of Teaching and Learning formulated by Mariane Hedegaard and Seth Chaiklin in the first part of the book...read more

Product Description: With contributions by Amelia Alvarez, Jerome Bruner, Vasily V. Davydov, Ritva Engestrom, Yrjo Engestrom, Bernd Fichtner, Mariane Hedegaard, Uffe Juul Jensen, Vera John-Steiner, Vladislav A. Lektorsky, Martha C. Nussbaum, Fernando L...read more

Product Description: This volume offers a selection of theoretical views and empirical investigations by researchers in Europe, South America and North America. The theoretical chapters seek to clarify and extend central concepts of the cultural-historical tradition, such as activity, internalisation, personality, the ideal, theory-practice, and forces and relations of production...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Understanding Practice brings together 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 disabled students, to Charles and Janet Keller's work on blacksmithing, the chapters form a diverse and fascinating look at situated learning...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)