...Eleanor Duckworth; Paula K. Hooper; Alythea McKinney; Lisa Schneier In this 50th anniversary of the Jean Piaget Society, we have been asked to celebrate The Having of Wonderful Ideas and Other Essays on Teaching and Learning (Duckworth, 2006) – winner of the 1988 AERA award for outstanding research...

...Yu Zhang; Su-hua Wang; Shinchieh Duh We provide a framework of analysis for Chinese ways of learning that extends beyond the individual level. The theoretical framework focuses on Confucian principles of xiào (孝, filial piety), guăn (管, to govern), and dào dé guān (道德觀, virtues), which leads us...

...Claire Tourmen For more than 10 years, we have seen the emergence of new “probabilistic” models of learning. They clearly echo Jean Piaget's works and theories but they also claim to go further. However, references to Piaget are often quick and rarely take the time to explore the rich heritage...

...Barbara Rogoff This article formulates a way of organizing learning opportunities in which children are broadly integrated in the activities of their families and communities and learn by attentively contributing to the endeavors around them, in a multifaceted process termed “Learning by Observing...

... of identity meaning-making processes as central to learning with those who study macrolevel policies of systems in education (i.e., teacher training, certification and professional development; schools as organizations; resource allocation in school funding; scaling through standards and assessments...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Culture Learning Race I am grateful for this opportunity to rethink the intertwined issues of culture and race in the production and reproduction of social...

...Na’ilah Suad Nasir; Cyndy R. Snyder; Niral Shah; Kihana Miraya Ross In this article, we theorize the relation between race and schooling and consider the implications for learning. While the body of research on culture and learning has come to define learning as an inherently cultural and social...

...Ashley Maynard Researchers in psychology, education, and anthropology have engaged for several decades in thinking about how to relate persons, tools, speech acts, goals, tasks, culture, and history in dynamic learning settings. The use of the relational habitus, proposed by Stone, Underwood...

...Eduardo Vianna; Anna Stetsenko This paper addresses the relationship between identity and learning and how their integration in adolescence is an important part of short- and long-term developmental dynamics. We discuss how social practice theories can be expanded from a position termed...

... that the limited resources with which the organism starts its development show positive results, in that they make possible certain kinds of learning which otherwise would be highly problematical. I will start by discussing certain limitations regarding the cognitive structure of the organism. Then, I will discuss...

... Development The Handbook's Back Pages - and Ours1 William Damon Brown University, Providence, R.I., USA Keyw ords Biological maturation Change and continuity Cognition Culture Developmental theory Emotion Intellectual history Language Learning Morality Perception Social behavior Abstract...

... Psychology Joan Lucariello New School for Social Research, New York. N. Y., USA Key Words Activity Cognition Consciousness Context Culture Learning Methodology Narrative Person Point of View Stance Abstract From the 1960s to the present, four distinct cultural psychologies have evolved...

...Hiroaki Suzuki Two dominant theories of learning – empirical learning and explanation-based learning – are examined critically. It is proposed that analogy is the central mechanism of knowledge acquisition in formal domains. When learning a formula rule, an individual must interpret variables...

... not only the beginning but the whole process of learning. support of this assertion, the process of becoming an adaptiveproblem solver beyond the initial learning situation is illustrated and examined from the viewpoint of interiorization and generalization. SPS and PPS are also helpful for restructuring...

...Barry J. Zimmerman During the last several decades, conceptualizations of learning and development have evolved from simplistic disjunctive views originating with stage theorists, views that underestimated the role of learning in development. Taking the place of these views are contextualist views...

... to see these theories differently, as cumbersome expressions of a dated biology that needed to be replaced by modern theories of learning and information management. The resulting gain in efficiency that these learning theories achieve, however, is countered by a loss of interest in the original social...

...(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Development Learning Mechanism Plasticity Research methods Simulation Testing-the-limits Human Development 1995.38...

... the process of development. Learning is a case in point. Learning is a function of the person and has its locus at the individual-psychological level of organization. Both more molecular and more molar levels of organization have their own focal functions and, as with learning, these functions play necessary...

...James V Wertsch; Richard Sohmer The theoretical framework of Vygotsky entails specific understandings of learning, development, and the goal(s) of development. In Vygotsky’s usage, the term obuchenie , frequently translated as ‘learning’, more accurately indicates the interaction of teacher...

...Paul van Geert To examine the distinction between learning and development, two different approaches are employed. The first, a semantic approach, distinguishes five dimensions along which development and learning can be compared. Learning and development are seen as two vaguely specified locations...