1. Introduction Laura Martin, Katherine Nelson and Ethel Tobach; 2. Situated theory as a bridge between psychology, history, and educational practices Robert Serpell; 3. The uniqueness of human labor Ethel Tobach; 4. Reflecting Russian consciousness Jerome Bruner; 5. Opening vistas for cognitive psychology William Hirst and David Manier; 6. Analysis of developmental processes in sociocultural activity Barbara Rogoff, Barabara Radziszewska and Tracy Miello; 7. Linking thought and setting in the study of workplace learning Laura M. W. Martin; 8. Creating sustainable activity systems: a meso-genetic approach Michael Cole; 9. The abstract and the concrete Rachel Joffe Falmagne; 10. From spontaneous to scientific concepts: continuities and discontinuities from childhood to adulthood Katherine Nelson; 11. The psychology of Japanese literacy: expanding 'The practice account' Giyoo Hatano; 12. Voices of thinking and speaking James V. Wertsch, Fran Hagstrom and Eve Kikas; 13. The qualitative analysis of the development of a child's theoretical knowledge and thinking Mariane Hedegaard; 14. Intellectual and manual labor: implications for developmental theory Joseph Glick; 15. Innovative organizational learning in medical and legal settings Yrjö Engeström; 16. Visionary realism, lifespan discretionary time, and the evolving role of work Howard E. Gruber.
Presents applications of activity theory; in honour of Sylvia Scribner.
"...the volume brings to its readers a number of valuable new ideas and current intellectual position statements..." Jaan Valsiner, Contemporary Psychology
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