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Title Social interaction in learning and instruction : the meaning of discourse for the construction of knowledge / edited by Helen Cowie and Geerdina van der Aalsvoort
Edition First edition
Published Amsterdam ; Oxford : Pergamon, 2000

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Description x, 246 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Series Advances in learning and instruction series
Advances in learning and instruction series.
Contents Machine derived contents note: Chapter headings: Introduction (H. Cowie, G.M. van der Aalsvoort). Studying social interaction in instruction and learning: methodological approaches and problems (G.M. van der Aalsvoort, F.J.H. Harinck). Institutional framings in thinking, learning and teaching (M. Grossen). Identity and social interaction in a community of inquiry (E. Elbers, L. Streefland). Collective argumentation: a sociocultural approach to reframing classroom teaching (R.A.J. Brown, P.D. Renshaw). The development of children's social representation of the primary school curriculum (G.M. Ivinson). Learning for communication skills and social processes of peer support: a case-study of good practice (P. Naylor, H. Cowie). Co-construction in kindergarteners' free play: effects of social, individual and didactic factors (P.P.M. Leseman et al.). Activity and interaction in pedagogical contexts (J. Ireson). Mapping the dynamics of peer group interaction: a method of analysis of socially shared learning processes (K. Kumpulainen, M. Mutanen). Deep processing in a collaborative learning environment (C. van Boxtel et al.). Language for thinking: a study of children solving reasoning test problems together (R. Wegerif, N. Mercer). Guided Participation, discourse and the construction of knowledge in Mexican classrooms (S. Rojas-Drummond). Overview and new perspectives (G.M. van der Aalsvoort et al.)
Summary "This new text examines how knowledge is socially constructed and shared through discursive interactions within the classroom community." "Essential reading for researchers and post-graduate students in education and psychology, Social Interaction in Learning and Instruction presents a fascinating exploration of the dynamics of social interaction, by which teachers and learners jointly constrict knowledge."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Published in association with EARLI
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Interaction analysis in education.
Discourse analysis.
Learning, Psychology of.
Social interaction in children.
Author Cowie, Helen.
Aalsvoort, G. M. van der (Geerdina Maria), 1952-
European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction.
LC no. 00026840
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