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It has become popular in recent years to talk about 'identity' as an aspect of engagement with technology. Constructing the Self in a Digital World interrogates the various definitions of identity while examining the role of technology in the learning and lives of young people.

This volume covers major topics in the field of video games and learning. Written by some of the most influential thinkers in the field, it argues that video games are an important medium for shaping how people - young and old alike - think and learn in the digital age.

This volume covers major topics in the field of video games and learning. Written by some of the most influential thinkers in the field, it argues that video games are an important medium for shaping how people - young and old alike - think and learn in the digital age.

An international, interdisciplinary overview of research on activity theory, first published in 1999. Activity theory bridges the gulf between the individual subject and the societal structure by taking the object-oriented, artifact-mediated collective activity as its unit of analysis.

How do we coordinate linguistic structures with bodily resources such as gaze and gesture to bring about intelligible courses of action? This volume brings together leading international scholars to provide a coherent framework for analyzing the production of meaning and the organization of social interaction.

In the 1970s, Xerox pioneered the involvement of social science researchers in technology design and developing better ways of working. This edited volume is an overview of Xerox's social science tradition. Detailed case studies in retail, production, office and home settings show how the client engagement was conducted over time.

In the 1970s, Xerox pioneered the involvement of social science researchers in technology design and developing better ways of working. This edited volume is an overview of Xerox's social science tradition. Detailed case studies in retail, production, office and home settings show how the client engagement was conducted over time.

How can students learn to extend mathematical language to real problems - to 'talk mathematics'? What can they learn from doing it? The studies in this volume address the processes of formulating problems, interpreting contexts in which problems arise, and arguing about the reasonableness of proposed solutions.

This book addresses the primary question: how is mental functioning related to the cultural, historical, and institutional settings in which it exists? Although the contributors speak from different perspectives, there is a clear set of unifying themes that run through the volume.

The volume seeks to displace the current focus on school achievement in Japan with a broader understanding of the social context of knowledge acquisition.

Sylvia Scribner's research and theory have been monumental in forming the emergent field of cultural psychology. Mind and Social Practice brings together published and previously unpublished work from her productive, wide-ranging career, studying reasoning and thinking in their cultural and activity contexts.

Sylvia Scribner's research and theory have been monumental in forming the emergent field of cultural psychology. Mind and Social Practice brings together published and previously unpublished work from her productive, wide-ranging career, studying reasoning and thinking in their cultural and activity contexts.

Computers are developing into a powerful medium integrating film, pictures, text, and sound, and the use of computers for communication and information is rapidly expanding. The Computer as Medium brings insights from art, literature and theatre to bear on computers and discusses the communicative and organizational nature of computer networks within a historical perspective.

These essays by leading theorists and researchers in sociocultural, cognitive, developmental, and educational psychology honour the memory of Sylvia Scribner. The volume presents applications of activity theory to fundamental issues in human behaviour at work, in school and in problem solving situations.

Computers are developing into a powerful medium integrating film, pictures, text, and sound, and the use of computers for communication and information is rapidly expanding. The Computer as Medium brings insights from art, literature and theatre to bear on computers and discusses the communicative and organizational nature of computer networks within a historical perspective.

This book offers educators, researchers, and policy analysts new to socio-cultural perspectives an engaging introduction to fresh ideas for conceptualizing, enhancing, and assessing OTL; encourages those who already draw on socio-cultural resources to focus attention on OTL and assessment; and nurtures collaboration among discourse communities.

This book offers educators, researchers, and policy analysts new to socio-cultural perspectives an engaging introduction to fresh ideas for conceptualizing, enhancing, and assessing OTL; encourages those who already draw on socio-cultural resources to focus attention on OTL and assessment; and nurtures collaboration among discourse communities.

This 2004 book represents a multidisciplinary collaboration that highlights the significance of Mikhail Bakhtin's theories to modern scholarship in the field of language and literacy. Chapters are contributed by authors who write from various perspectives.

This book addresses the primary question: how is mental functioning related to the cultural, historical, and institutional settings in which it exists? Although the contributors speak from different perspectives, there is a clear set of unifying themes that run through the volume.

This 2003 book presents innovative ideas in the field of educational psychology, learning, and instruction. These ideas were first formulated by Russian psychologist and educator Lev Vygotsky. This volume provides coverage of all main concepts of Vygotsky's sociocultural theory and emphasizes its importance for the understanding of child development.

The authors in this 2000 collection use Vygotsky's cultural-historical theory of human development to frame their analyses of schooling, with particular emphasis on the ways in which literacy practices are mediated by social interaction and cultural artifacts. This volume extends Vygotsky's cultural-historical theoretical framework to embrace nuances of learning and development.

This 2004 book represents a multidisciplinary collaboration that highlights the significance of Mikhail Bakhtin's theories to modern scholarship in the field of language and literacy. Chapters are contributed by authors who write from various perspectives.

People who learn to solve problems 'on the job' often use different methods from people who learn in theory. Using a case study of Brazilian street children, this book examines the differences between the street mathematics they use in markets and mathematics they learn in school. The authors also discuss ways of trying to put theory and practice together in mathematics teaching.

This book consists of a set of studies exploring the concept of 'communities of practice', which has been influential in social sciences, education, and management in recent years. Its main purpose is to emphasize the importance of areas such as language, power, and social context.

Building Virtual Communities examines how learning and cognitive change are fostered by online communities. Contributors to this volume explore this question by drawing on their different theoretical backgrounds, methodologies, and personal experience with virtual communities. This book will interest educators, psychologists, sociologists, and researchers in human- computer interaction.

The authors in this 2000 collection use Vygotsky's cultural-historical theory of human development to frame their analyses of schooling, with particular emphasis on the ways in which literacy practices are mediated by social interaction and cultural artifacts. This volume extends Vygotsky's cultural-historical theoretical framework to embrace nuances of learning and development.

This book consists of a set of studies exploring the concept of 'communities of practice', which has been influential in social sciences, education, and management in recent years. Its main purpose is to emphasize the importance of areas such as language, power, and social context.

This 2003 book presents innovative ideas in the field of educational psychology, learning, and instruction. These ideas were first formulated by Russian psychologist and educator Lev Vygotsky. This volume provides coverage of all main concepts of Vygotsky's sociocultural theory and emphasizes its importance for the understanding of child development.

These essays by leading theorists and researchers in sociocultural, cognitive, developmental, and educational psychology honour the memory of Sylvia Scribner. The volume presents applications of activity theory to fundamental issues in human behaviour at work, in school and in problem solving situations.

This book re-examines the 'distributed' social and cultural contextual factors that affect human cognition.