Vygotsky's Educational Theory in Cultural Context

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• Vygotsky's Educational Theory in Cultural Context *
• Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive, and Computational Perspectives *
• Title Page *
• Contents vii
• Contributors xi
• Series Foreword xiii
• Introduction - Sociocultural Theory and Education: Students, Teachers, and Knowledge 1
• Part I - Concepts and Paradigms 13
• 1 - Psychological Tools and Mediated Learning 15
• Refrences 35
• 2 - The Zone of Proximal Development in Vygotsky's Analysis of Learning and Instruction 39
• References 59
• 3 - Its Role for Contemporary Education 65
• References 79
• 4 - Some Cognitive Tools of Literacy 83
• References 97

• Vygotsky's Educational Theory in Cultural Context *
• Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive, and Computational Perspectives *
• Title Page *
• Contents vii
• Contributors xi
• Series Foreword xiii
• Introduction - Sociocultural Theory and Education: Students, Teachers, and Knowledge 1
• Part I - Concepts and Paradigms 13
• 1 - Psychological Tools and Mediated Learning 15
• Refrences 35
• 2 - The Zone of Proximal Development in Vygotsky's Analysis of Learning and Instruction 39
• References 59
• 3 - Its Role for Contemporary Education 65
• References 79
• 4 - Some Cognitive Tools of Literacy 83
• References 97
• 5 - Dynamic Assessment of the Evolving Cognitive Functions in Children 99
• References 114
• Part II - Development and Learning 117
• 6 - Vygotsky's Perspective 119
• References 136
• 7 - A Neo-Vygotskian Approach 138
• References 153
• 8 - Learning and Development of Preschool Children from the Vygotskian Perspective 156
• References 174
• 9 - The Developmental Path Toward Reflection 177
• References 197
• 10 - Sociocultural Theory and Children with Special Needs 200
• References 217
• Part III - Sociocultural Theory Application in the Classroom 223
• 11 - Cultural–historical Theory and Mathematics Education 225
• References 244
• 12 - Sociocultural Theory and the Practice of Teaching Historical Concepts 246
• References 264
• 13 - Formation of Learning Activity and Theoretical Thinking in Science Teaching 267
• References 285
• 14 - Zpds for Teaching/Learning Habits of the Heart and Mind 289
• References 313
• 15 - A Vygotskian Perspective on Emotionality and Teachers' Professional Lives 317
• References 339
• Part IV - Diverse Learners and Contexts of Education 347
• 16 - Intrapersonal Communication and Internalization in the Second Language Classroom 349
• References 368
• 17 - The Influence of Socioeconomic Status 371
• References 388
• 18 - Chat as a Lens for Understanding Instructional Discourse Based on African American English Discourse Patterns 393
• References 408
• 19 - Toward Re-“socializing” Sociocultural Learning Theory 411
• References 430
• 20 - Vygotsky in the Mirror of Cultural Interpretations 432
• References 447
• Author Index 451
• Subject Index 457
• List of Books in the Series, Continued from P. III 478