Apprenticeship in thinking : cognitive development in social context / Barbara Rogoff.

By: Rogoff, Barbara [author]
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, [1990]Copyright date: c1990Description: xiv, 242 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0195059735 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Cognition in children | Social interaction in children | Cognition and culture | Children and adults | Cognition -- in infancy & childhood | Interpersonal Relations -- in infancy & childhood | Thinking -- in infancy & childhoodDDC classification: 303.32 LOC classification: BF723.C5 | R64 1990Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information
Contents:
PART I: The individual and the sociocultural context: Conceiving the relationship of the social world and the individual; The sociocultural context of cognitive activity; PART II: Processes of guided participation: Providing bridges from known to new; Structuring situations and transferring responsibility; Cultural universals and variations in guided participation; PART III: Cognitive development through interaction with adults and peers: Explanations for cognitivedevelopment through social interaction: Vygotsky and Piaget; Evidence of learning from guided participation with adults; Peer interaction and cognitive development; Shared thinking and guided participation.
Summary: A study of the mental development of children, which examines children's learning as an apprenticeship, a social activity mediated by parents and peers who support and challenge the child's understanding and skills.
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Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 211-232.

PART I: The individual and the sociocultural context: Conceiving the relationship of the social world and the individual; The sociocultural context of cognitive activity; PART II: Processes of guided participation: Providing bridges from known to new; Structuring situations and transferring responsibility; Cultural universals and variations in guided participation; PART III: Cognitive development through interaction with adults and peers: Explanations for cognitivedevelopment through social interaction: Vygotsky and Piaget; Evidence of learning from guided participation with adults; Peer interaction and cognitive development; Shared thinking and guided participation.

A study of the mental development of children, which examines children's learning as an apprenticeship, a social activity mediated by parents and peers who support and challenge the child's understanding and skills.

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