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Type: educational

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Authors: LeAnn G. Putney Joan Wink

Tags: education culture sociocultural activity

Description: This book will introduce students to Vygotskian theories of teaching, learning, and developmentThis book will introduce students to Vygotskian theories of teaching, learning, and development and show how that theory can be applied in current classrooms. Vygotsky's work continues to be applied and studied in Teacher Education and Educational Psychology. ...

2006-04-06

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Author: Etienne Wenger

Tags: practice meaning activity interaction

Description: This book presents a theory of learning that starts with the assumption that engagement inThis book presents a theory of learning that starts with the assumption that engagement in social practice is the fundamental process by which we get to know what we know and by which we become who we are. The primary unit of analysis of this process is neither the individual nor social institutions, but the informal 'communities of practice' that people form as they pursue shared enterprises over time. To give a social account of learning, the theory explores in a systematic way the intersection of issues of community, social practice, meaning, and identity. The result is a broad framework for thinking about learning as a process of social participation. This ambitious but thoroughly accessible framework has relevance for the practitioner as well as the theoretician, presented with all the breadth, depth, and rigor necessary to address such a complex and yet profoundly human topic.
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2006-04-06