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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27109439 Title: Distributed cognitions : psychological and educational considerations Author: Gavriel Salomon Publisher: Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1993. ISBN/ISSN: 0521414067 9780521414067 0521574234 9780521574235 OCLC:27109439

  
  

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Distributed cognitions : psychological and educational considerations

Author:	Gavriel Salomon
Publisher:	Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1993.
Series:	Learning in doing.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	Traditionally, human cognition has been seen as existing solely "inside" a person's head, and studies on cognition have by and large disregarded the social, physical, and artifactual surroundings in which cognition takes place. Recently, however, research in cognition and in such fields as anthropology and cultural psychology has compelled us to reexamine our preconceptions. The essays in this volume propose that a clearer understanding of human cognition would be achieved if studies were based on the concept that cognition is distributed among individuals, that knowledge is socially constructed through collaborative efforts to achieve shared objectives in cultural surroundings, and that information is processed between individuals and the tools and artifacts provided by culture. Although the phenomenon of distributed cognitions is a wide-ranging one with provocative consequences for theories of the mind, learning, and education, it has not yet been thoroughly examined. When "distributed cognitions" are the units of analysis for research and theory construction about reasoning and learning, several questions arise: What exactly is distributed and how does it become distributed? Are all cognitions always distributed? How do the distributed qualities of the mind relate to the ones that are still "inside" it? What constraints govern the dynamics of such distribution? In addressing these questions, this volume reveals their importance for such educational issues as the cultivation of mental skills, the acquisition of knowledge, and the role of social interaction and intelligent tools in the learning process.  Read more...
Subjects	Distributed cognition. Learning, Psychology of -- Social aspects. Cognition and culture. View all subjects
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