This Is One Of The Course Readers For The Open University Course 'curriculum Learning And Society' (e846). The Book Emphasizes The Socially Negotiated And Embedded Nature Of Meaning-making And How Learners Learn To Use The Cognitive Tools Of Their Cultural Community Through Participation In Social Activity. Curriculum: The Case For A Focus On Learning / Robert Mccormick, Patricia Murphy -- Neuroscience And Education / Usha Goswami -- Meaning / Etienne Wenger -- Thinking With The Tools And Institutions Of Culture / Barbara Rogoff -- A Sociocultural Analysis Of Organistional Learning / Nick Boreham, Colin Morgan -- Gender Issues In Testing And Assessment / Jannette Elwood -- Portfolios And Assessment In Teacher Education In Norway: A Theory-based Discussion Of Different Models In Two Sites / Olga Dysthe, Knut Steinar Engelsen -- Participationist Discourse On Mathematics Learning / Anna Sfard --literacies And Masculinities In The Life Of A Young Working-class Boy / Deborah Hicks -- Positional Identities / Dorothy Holland ... [et. Al] -- Gender And Subject Cultures In Practice / Patricia Murphy -- Science Education As/for Participation In The Community / Wolff-michael Roth, Stuart Lee -- Growing Up Digital: How The Web Changes Work, Education And The Ways People Learn / John Seely Brown. Edited By Patricia Murphy And Kathy Hall. Published In Association With The Open University. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Murphy, Patricia, 1952-; Hall, Kathy, 1952-; Open University

edited by Patricia Murphy and Kathy Hall

Paul Chapman Publishing Ltd

SAGE Publications Ltd

Los Angeles ;: SAGE

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Los Angeles, California, 2008

First, 2008

Published in association with the Open University.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

<p><P>By examining ideas about learning that transcend typical boundaries, such as school/workplace or home/school, this book emphasies the socially negotiated and embedded nature of meaning-making and how learners learn to use the cognitive tools of their cultural community through participation in social activity. The editors argue that this is the means by which individual agency is extended and learners&apos; identities, as forms of competency, are transformed.<p>The book locates sociocultural understanding in a wide theoretical frame and demonstrates its implications for learning and assessment generally, covering a range of educational and workplace setttings. The contributions challenge ways of understanding learning and thinking about practice, both teaching and assessment.<p>Drawing on the international literature, this book is essential reading for students of curriculum, learning and assesment in all sectors from pre-primary to further and higher education. It is suitable as a core text for masters and taught doctorate programmes. It will be of interest to a range of professionals involved with curriculum, learning and the practice of teaching and assessment.<p>It is also relevant to those in work-based and professional education and training, and informal educational settings. A unique collection in a field that is underrepresented, it will also be of interest to an acadmeic audience.</p>

xii, 211 p. : 25 cm
Published in association with the Open University
Includes bibliographical references and index
Curriculum: the case for a focus on learning / Robert McCormick, Patricia Murphy -- Neuroscience and education / Usha Goswami -- Meaning / Etienne Wenger -- Thinking with the tools and institutions of culture / Barbara Rogoff -- A sociocultural analysis of organistional learning / Nick Boreham, Colin Morgan -- Gender issues in testing and assessment / Jannette Elwood -- Portfolios and assessment in teacher education in Norway: a theory-based discussion of different models in two sites / Olga Dysthe, Knut Steinar Engelsen -- Participationist discourse on mathematics learning / Anna Sfard --Literacies and masculinities in the life of a young working-class boy / Deborah Hicks -- Positional identities / Dorothy Holland ... [et. al] -- Gender and subject cultures in practice / Patricia Murphy -- Science education as/for participation in the community / Wolff-Michael Roth, Stuart Lee -- Growing up digital: how the web changes work, education and the ways people learn / John Seely Brown

2023-06-28