Children arrive in their science classrooms with their own ideas and interpretations of the phenomena they are to study, even when they have received no systematic instruction in these subjects whatsoever. These ideas and interpretations are a natural result of everyday experien…
Lev Vygotsky's Thought and Language has become recognized as a classic foundational work of cognitive science. Its 1962 English translation must certainly be considered one of the most important and influential books ever published by the MIT Press. In this highly original explo…
Lev Vygotsky's Thought and Language has become recognized as a classic foundational work of cognitive science. Its 1962 English translation must certainly be considered one of the most important and influential books ever published by the MIT Press. In this highly original explo…
Lev Vygotsky's Thought and Language has become recognized as a classic foundational work of cognitive science. Its 1962 English translation must certainly be considered one of the most important and influential books ever published by the MIT Press. In this highly original explo…
Essays on nonconceptual content
Writers concerned with topics as varied as the philosophy of mind, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, epistemology and aesthetics have all challenged conceptualism. This volume offers some of the important work on nonconceptual content in the philosophy of mind and psyc…
Therapy as social construction
by Gergen, Kenneth J., McNamee, Sheila
fromInquiries in social construction
Explores the possibilities for the therapeutic process of adopting a social constructionist perspective. Topics covered in this text include the theoretical basis for social constructionist therapy, and various approaches in practice, such as "irreverant therapy" and "the not-kn…