Learning relationships in the classroom /

Learning relationships in the classroom / - London ; New York : Routledge in association with the Open University, 1998. - vii, 318 p. : ill. ; - Child development in families, schools and society, 2. .

Part I. Cultural psychology: a framework for understanding teaching and learning --
L.S. Vygotsky and contemporary developmental psychology / James V. Wertsch and Peeter Tulviste --
Cognitive development and formal schooling: the evidence from cross-cultural research / Michael Cole --
Thinking with and through artifacts: the role of psychological tools and physical artifacts in human learning and cognition / Roger Saljo --
Thinking in niches: sociocultural influences on cognitive development / Mary Gauvain --
Part II. Teaching and learning: scaffolding and the zone of proximal development --
A theory of teaching as assisted performance / Roland Tharp and Ronald Gallimore --
How do teachers help children to learn? An analysis of teachers' interventions in computer-based activities / Neil Mercer and Eunice Fisher --
Vygotsky in classroom practice: moving from individual transmission to social transaction / Luis C. Moll and Kathryn F. Whitmore --
What is missing in the metaphor of scaffolding? / C. Addison Stone --
Part III. Experimental studies of collaborative learning and peer interaction --
Cognitive approaches to group work / Paul Light and Karen Littleton --
Exploring Vygotskian perspectives in education: the cognitive value of peer interaction / Ellice A. Forman and Courtney B. Cazden --
Peer interactive minds: developmental, theoretical, and methodological issues / Margarita Azmitia --
Part IV. Collaborative learning and peer interaction in the classroom --
Sociocultural processes of creative planning in children's playcrafting / Jacquelyn Baker-Sennett, Eugene Matusov and Barbara Rogoff --
Constructing scientific knowledge in the classroom / Rosalind Driver ... [et al.] --
Sharing cognition through collective comprehension activity / Giyoo Hatano and Kayoko Inagaki --
Learning and teaching mathematics in the information era / Kathryn Crawford.


The chapters of this book look at the process of creating and maintaining peer cultures, with particular emphasis on the issues of peer rejection and bullying, and the importance of children's friendships

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Teacher-student relationships.
Communication in education.
Group work in education.

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