Memory and learning are seen as mental phenomena and generally studied as brain processes, for example, within various branches of psychology and neuroscience. This book represents a rather different tack, based on sociocultural theory, cultural psychology and dialogism. Authors from many different disciplines and countries study memory and learning as practices adopted by people in different interactional and institutional contexts. Studies range from detailed analyses of situated activities to broad sociohistorical studies of cultural phenomena and collective memories such as national narratives and physical symbols for commemorating events and traditions. By focusing on how people engage in remembering and learning, this book provides a necessary complement to currently popular neuroscientific approaches.

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This book explores memory and learning through sociocultural theory, cultural psychology, and dialogism. It examines how people engage in remembering and learning across different contexts, from detailed analyses of activities to broad studies of cultural phenomena and collective memories, complementing neuroscientific approaches.

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Series Editors' Preface.
Editor's Preface.
Introduction; Roger Säljö.
Part I. Remembering in Conversations.
Chapter 1. Emergence in Conversational Remembering; Brady Wagoner and Alex Gillespie.
Chapter 2. Naming the Other: Category Memberships and Practices of Ethnic Othering in Children's Multiethnic Peer-Group Participations; Ann-Carita Evaldsson and Fritjof Sahlström.
Chapter 3. Remembering as Instructional Work in the Science Classroom; Maria Andrée, Per-Olof Wickman, and Lotta Lager-Nyqvist.
Chapter 4. If Green was A and Blue was B: Isomorphism as an Instructable Matter; Timothy Koschmann and Sharon Derry.
Part II. Remembering, Learning and Coordinating with Technologies.
Chapter 5. Starting Out as a Driver: Progression in Instructed Pedal Work; Mathias Broth, Jakob Cromdal, and Lena Levin.
Chapter 6. Mobilizing Distributed Memory Resources in English Project Work; Nigel Musk and Asta Čekaitė.
Chapter 7. Practices of Remembering: Organizing Math Activities in a First Grade Classroom; Helen Melander and Pål Aarsand.
Chapter 8. Struggling With Powerful Conceptual Reifications: Cognitive Socialization When Learning to Reason as an Economist; Åsa Mäkitalo and Roger Säljö.
Part III. Remembering, Narration, and the Reproduction of Institutions and Identities.
Chapter 9. Narrative Tools, Truth, and Fast Thinking in National Memory: A Mnemonic Standoff Between Russia and the West Over Ukraine; James V. Wertsch.
Chapter 10. Collective Memory in Dynamics of Ethnopolitical Mobilization: The Karabakh Conflict; Rauf R. Garagozov.
Chapter 11. Memory and National Identity in a Modern State: The Nigerian Case; Golda Kosisochi Onyeneho.
Chapter 12. Connecting Dots: Family Reminiscence; Kyoko Murakami and Rachel L. Jacobs.
Part IV. The Past and the Present as Options for the Future.
Chapter 13. Individual Remembering as Interactive Achievement: Reminiscing in Collective Interviewing; Wolff-Michael Roth.
Chapter 14. Making History: Apprehending Future While Reconstructing the Past; Giuseppina Marsico and Jaan Valsiner.
Chapter 15. Clocking Nature and Society; Geoffrey C. Bowker.
Epilogue: Memory Practices Writ Large and Small; Per Linell and Åsa Mäkitalo.
About the Authors.

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781681236209
Publisert
2017-01-10
Utgiver
Vendor
Information Age Publishing
Vekt
782 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Dybde
24 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
434

Om bidragsyterne

Åsa Mäkitalo, University of Gothenburg.

Per Linell, University of Linköping, Sweden.

Roger Säljö, University of Gothenburg.