Voices of the Mind: A Sociocultural Approach to Meditated Action - Hardcover

Wertsch, James V.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0674943031 ISBN 13: 9780674943032

Verlag: Harvard University Press, 1991

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Book by Wertsch James V

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"Voices of the Mind" is a concise, creative integration of several major theories concerning the fundamentally social nature of human thought. It has special appeal to readers interested in theories of learning and the relationship between culture and cognition as it is played out in the course of everyday life. Wertsch...has again written a major contribution to psychological, social, and educational sciences...In his previous books, he has been an interpreter In this new book he has begun to assemble his own theory into a single volume The range of literature cited and used is impressive, and the scholarship enviable...It will be a key volume in the emergent debates of the 1990s in several disciplines. -- Ronald Gallimore, School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles Wertsch has a lucid understanding of Vygotsky's and Bakhtin's ideas, and his transitions from one concept to another are smooth, clearly presented, and supported with examples..."Voices" has many insights to offer that are not often encountered in the literature on rhetoric and composition. Moreover, Wertsch holds true to the sociocultural approach's holistic nature, grounding his research on theory and his theory on research. -- John Scenters-Zapico "Rhetoric Science Quarterly" grounding his research on theory and his theory on research. interested in theories of learning and the relationship between culture and cognition as it is played out in the course of everyday life. single volume The range of literature cited and used is impressive, and the scholarship enviable...It will be a key volume in the emergent debates of the 1990s in several disciplines.

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build upon this theoretical foundation, persuasively arguing for the essential bond between cognition and culture.

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• Verlag: Harvard University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0674943031
• ISBN 13: 9780674943032
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192