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Thinking as Communicating: Human Development, the Growth of Discourses, and Mathematizing (Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives)

By Anna Sfard

Book information

Year
2008
ISBN
0521867371, 9780521867375, 9780511378867
LCC
QA42 .S43 2008
Open Library ID
OL10437741M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1404663 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
352\352
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This book contributes to the current debate about how to think and talk about human thinking so as to resolve or bypass such time-honored quandaries as the controversy of nature vs. nurture, the body and mind problem, the question of learning transfer, and the conundrum of human consciousness. The author responds to the challenge by introducing her own "commognitive" conceptualization of human thinking. She argues for this special approach with the help of examples of mathematical thinking. Except for its contribution to theorizing on human development, the book is relevant to researchers looking for methodological innovations, and to mathematics educators seeking pedagogical insights and improvements.

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