Learning for Life in the 21st Century: Sociocultural Perspectives on the Future of Education

Copyright © 2002 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Learning for Life in the 21st Century: Sociocultural Perspectives on the Future of Education

Editor(s): Gordon Wells, Guy Claxton

Published Online: 14 JAN 2008

Print ISBN: 9780631223306

Online ISBN: 9780470753545

DOI: 10.1002/9780470753545

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United by the belief that the most significant factor in shaping the minds of young people is the cultural setting in which learning takes place, the twenty eminent contributors to this volume present new thinking on education across the boundaries of school, home, work and community.

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–viii)

    1. Chapter 1

      Introduction: Sociocultural Perspectives on the Future of Education (pages 1–17)

      Gordon Wells and Guy Claxton

  3. Part I: Issues and Developments in Sociocultural Theory

    1. Chapter 2

      Education for the Learning Age: A Sociocultural Approach to Learning to Learn (pages 19–33)

      Guy Claxton

    2. Chapter 3

      Becoming the Village: Education Across Lives (pages 34–45)

      Jay L. Lemke

    3. Chapter 4

      The Gift of Confidence: A Vygotskian View of Emotions (pages 46–58)

      Holbrook Mahn and Vera John-Steiner

    4. Chapter 5

      From Activity to Directivity: The Question of Involvement in Education (pages 59–72)

      Pablo del Río and Amelia Álvarez

    5. Chapter 6

      Sociocultural Perspectives on Assessment (pages 73–83)

      Caroline Gipps

    6. Chapter 7

      Teaching, Learning, and Development: A Post-Vygotskian Perspective (pages 84–96)

      Anna Stetsenko and Igor Arievitch

  4. Part II: Pre-School and School-Age Learning and Development

    1. Chapter 8

      Emerging Learning Narratives: A Perspective from Early Childhood Education (pages 87–111)

      Margaret Carr

    2. Chapter 9

      Semiotic Mediation and Mental Development in Pluralistic Societies: Some Implications for Tomorrow's Schooling (pages 112–126)

      Ruqaiya Hasan

    3. Chapter 10

      Learning to Argue and Reason Through Discourse in Educational Settings (pages 127–140)

      Clotilde Pontecorvo and Laura Sterponi

    4. Chapter 11

      Developing Dialogues (pages 141–153)

      Neil Mercer

    5. Chapter 12

      Supporting Students' Learning of Significant Mathematical Ideas (pages 154–166)

      Paul Cobb and Kay McClain

    6. Chapter 13

      A Developmental Teaching Approach to Schooling (pages 167–180)

      Seth Chaiklin

    7. Chapter 14

      Standards for Pedagogy: Research, Theory and Practice (pages 181–194)

      Stephanie Stoll Dalton and Roland G. Tharp

  5. Part III: Post-Compulsory, Adult and Professional Learning

    1. Chapter 15

      Inquiry as an Orientation for Learning, Teaching and Teacher Education (pages 195–210)

      Gordon Wells

    2. Chapter 16

      Can a School Community Learn to Master its Own Future? An Activity-Theoretical Study of Expansive Learning Among Middle School Teachers (pages 211–224)

      Yrjö Engeström, Ritva Engeström and Arja Suntio

    3. Chapter 17

      Cultural Historical Activity Theory and the Expansion of Opportunities for Learning After School (pages 225–238)

      Katherine Brown and Michael Cole

    4. Chapter 18

      Building a Community of Educators Versus Effecting Conceptual Change in Individual Students: Multicultural Education for Pre-Service Teachers (pages 239–251)

      Eugene Matusov and Renée Hayes

    5. Chapter 19

      Organizing Excursions Into Specialist Discourse Communities: A Sociocultural Account of University Teaching (pages 252–264)

      Andy Northedge

    6. Chapter 20

      Afterword (pages 265–270)

      Luis C. Moll

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      Bibliography (pages 271–296)

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      Index (pages 297–305)

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