Cultural Psychology: A Once and Future Discipline

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Harvard University Press, 1996 - 400 pagina's
The distinguished psychologist Michael Cole, known for his pioneering work in literacy, cognition, and human development, offers a multifaceted account of what cultural psychology is, what it has been, and what it can be. A rare synthesis of the theory and empirical work shaping the field, this book will become a major foundation for the emerging discipline.

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Introduction
1
Enduring Questions and Disputes
7
CrossCultural Investigations
38
Cognitive Development Culture and Schooling
69
From CrossCultural Psychology
98
Putting Culture in the Middle
116
Phylogeny and Cultural History
146
A Cultural Approach to Ontogeny
178
The Cognitive Analysis of Behavior in Context
220
Creating Model Activity Systems
257
A Multilevel Methodology for Cultural Psychology
286
The Work in Context
326
Notes
353
References
363
Acknowledgments
391
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Michael Cole is Professor of Communication and Psychology and Director of the Laboratory of Comparative Human Cognition at the University of California, San Diego.

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