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Heffernan, Kayla; Peterson, Steven; Kaplan, Avi; Newton, Kristie J. – International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 2020
Students' relationships with mathematics continuously remain problematic, and researchers have begun to look at this issue through the lens of identity. In this article, the researchers discuss identity in education research, specifically in mathematics classrooms, and break down the various perspective on identity. A review of recent literature…
Descriptors: Intervention, Identification (Psychology), Mathematics Education, Student Motivation
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Eun, Barohny – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2019
The zone of proximal development (ZPD) is defined as an overarching concept that integrates the main tenets of Vygotsky's theory of human development. The conceptualization of the ZPD begins with its social, cultural, and historical context and traces its development as a spatial and temporal metaphor that reflects the sociogenetic root of all…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Learning Theories, Cognitive Processes, Semiotics
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Chamoux, Marie-Noëlle – Journal for the Study of Education and Development, 2022
In Nahuatl-speaking villages located in the north of the state of Puebla, family and community educational practices adhere to the Learning by Observing and Pitching In to family and community endeavours model (LOPI). Attentive observation is encouraged as children's principal method of learning. Co-presence is favoured by the adult educators as a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, American Indian Languages, Learning Processes, American Indian Education
Gee, James Paul – Teachers College Press, 2017
This is a profound look at learning, language, and literacy. It is also about brains and bodies. And it is about talk, texts, media, and society. These topics, though usually studied in different narrow academic silos, are all part of one highly interactive process--human development. Gee argues that children will need to be resilient,…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Educational Change, Resilience (Psychology), Educational Principles
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Smith, Janice E. – Adult Learning, 2009
This reflective paper discusses aspects of the author's personal development as an adult learner. Though that development is reflected in her practice as an adult educator, she does not explore those implications in the paper. Instead, she grapples with what it means to make meaning, to determine how she knows what she thinks she knows. The author…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Reflection, Individual Development
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Nakkula, Michael J. – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2009
As people consider the critical importance of inner control in the development of human functioning, it might be wise to reexamine a fundamental insight from cultural psychology: from the very beginnings of life the growth of the individual mind is a reflection of and response to the minds around people, including the stimuli to which those…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Social Development, Developmental Psychology, Cultural Influences
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Anderson, Lisa; Gold, Jeff – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2009
In this paper we consider the construction of narrative identity and particularly how managers of small businesses may construct new narrative identities within the activity of the action learning situation. We build on recent work to suggest that the "world" of managers can be explored through a consideration of Vygotsky's socio-cultural theory…
Descriptors: Small Businesses, Experiential Learning, Administrators, Identification
Pawlak, Miroslaw; Waniek-Klimczak, Ewa; Majer, Jan – Multilingual Matters, 2011
Developing the ability to speak in a foreign language is an arduous task. This is because it involves the mastery of different language subsystems, simultaneous focus on comprehension and production, and the impact of a range of social factors. This challenge is further compounded in situations in which learners have limited access to the target…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Second Languages, Testing, Language Tests
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Tappan, Mark B. – Teachers College Record, 2006
This article presents a reinterpretation of "internalized oppression" and "internalized domination," not as internal, psychological qualities or characteristics, but rather as sociocultural phenomena--that is, as forms of "mediated action." Mediated action entails two central elements: (1) an agent, the person who is doing the acting, and (2)…
Descriptors: Social Discrimination, Psychological Characteristics, Sociocultural Patterns, Equal Education
McGlonn-Nelson, Kimberly – Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 2005
As scholars in the field of gifted education continue to explore ways of improving the educational services provided to gifted and talented students, attention must be paid to the infinite amount of potential that an interdisciplinary theory offers. To this end, the following essay explores the intersections of sociocultural theory and gifted…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Theories, Special Education, Academically Gifted
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Stetsenko, Anna – Mind, Culture, and Activity, 2005
This article suggests that the principle of object-relatedness, introduced by Vygotsky and expanded by A. N. Leontiev, can be used to conceptualize human subjectivity within a profoundly social view of human development. This is achieved by reformulating the premises of cultural-historical activity theory to include the notion that material…
Descriptors: Educational Principles, Individual Development, Social Environment, Sociocultural Patterns
Gutmann, David – 1978
Using a transcultural perspective this model of the post-parental years assumes a "parental imperative" perspective of the entire life cycle and, thus, analyzes the post-parental years in relation to the pre-parental and parental years. Through this perspective, young parents recognize needs of infants for security, and select those…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Aging (Individuals), Androgyny, Cultural Context
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Shanahan, Michael J.; And Others – Sociology of Education, 1997
Presents a look at individual responsibility and decision making (here defined as planfulness) and how it is affected by external factors of social and economic turmoil. Utilizes data from a longitudinal study of privileged men born between 1904 and 1917 and their educational attainment in subsequent years. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adolescent Development, Age Groups, Decision Making
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Fisher, M. I. – Russian Education and Society, 1995
Maintains that the Russian educational system is going through an era of uncertainty. Asserts that one source of this uncertainty is the multitude of interpretations regarding the content and structure of the national educational system. Provides recommendations to create a sociocultural educational environment that fosters individual development.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational Policy
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Sigel, Roberta S. – Perspectives on Political Science, 1995
Maintains that political socialization research was popular in the 1960s and 1970s. Contends that most psychologists today argue for a theory of development and education that focuses on the individual's construction of knowledge. Reviews research on learning and concept development. (CFR)
Descriptors: Civics, Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Development, Democratic Values