Distributed Cognitions : Psychological and Educational Considerations
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0521414067
ISBN-13
9780521414067
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 27th, 1993
Print length
297 Pages
Weight
545 grams
Product Classification:
Cognition & cognitive psychology
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This book re-examines the 'distributed' social and cultural contextual factors that affect human cognition.
Traditionally, human cognition has been seen and studied as existing solely ''inside'' a person''s head, with relative disregard for the social, physical, and artifactual surroundings in which cognition takes place. This book is a bold attempt to re-examine the nature of cognitions and to propose that a clearer understanding of human cognition would be achieved if it were conceptualized and studied as distributed among individuals, that knowledge is socially constructed through collaborative efforts toward shared objectives within cultural surroundings and that information is processed between individuals and the tools and artifacts provided by culture. The authors use illustrations from daily life and educational activities and suggest implications for education.
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