| Learning Together: Children and Adults in a School Community Revised Edition Contributor(s): Rogoff, Barbara (Author), Turkanis, Carolyn Goodman (Author), Bartlett, Leslee (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195160312 ISBN-13: 9780195160314 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $42.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2002 Annotation: In this book, Barbara Rogoff puts into practice the theoretical account she presented in her highly acclaimed book Apprenticeship in Thinking. Here, Rogoff collaborates with two master teachers from an innovative school in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she conducted extensive research into what is involved when people learn--students, parents, and teachers alike. Illustrated with observations by participants in this school, this book shows that children and adults learn by participating within a community of learners. Their experiences will speak to all those interested in school improvement and in how people learn through engaging together in activities of mutual interest. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science - Psychology | Education & Training - Psychology | Developmental - General |
| Dewey: 370.152 |
| Series: Psychology |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6.04" W x 9.36" (0.84 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book advances the theoretical account that Barbara Rogoff presented in her highly acclaimed book, Apprenticeship in Thinking. Here, Rogoff collaborates with two master teachers from an innovative school in Salt Lake City, Utah, to examine how students, parents, and teachers learn by being engaged together in a community of learners. Building on observations by participants in this school, this book reveals how children and adults learn through participation in activities of mutual interest. The insights will speak to all those interested in how people learn collaboratively and how schools can improve. |