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Alkouatli, Claire – Cognition and Instruction, 2023
For many young Muslim learners in Western societies, informal sites of Islamic education are important sources of learning and development beyond public school hours. Yet little empirical research has explored processes of human development in such sites, and existing theories of human development have largely failed to encompass onto-epistemic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Muslims, Islam, Religious Schools
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Nardo, Aline – Educational Theory, 2021
Despite his popularity in educational discourses, Lev S. Vygotsky tends to be read mainly as an educational psychologist or learning theorist. His potential contribution to a theory of education remains largely undiscussed. The Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) is often misunderstood as a sort of "educational tool," which severely…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Sociocultural Patterns, Educational Psychology, Psychologists
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Chenyi Zhang – Journal of Literacy Research, 2024
Taoism, one of the oldest Eastern religious systems, has significantly influenced Chinese culture and society. Taoism centers around "The Tao" or "The Way," considered the ultimate source from which everything--both physical and non-physical, living and non-living--originates. It emphasizes inner self-cultivation through…
Descriptors: Religion, Educational Philosophy, Individual Development, Educational Principles
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Luntley, Michael – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2017
This paper argues that sociocultural accounts of learning fail to answer the key question about learning--how is it possible? Accordingly, we should adopt an individualist bootstrapping methodology in providing a theory of learning. Such a methodology takes seriously the idea that learning is staged and distinguishes between a non-comprehending…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Learning Theories, Psychology, Sociocultural Patterns
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Clarà, Marc – Educational Psychologist, 2017
Although current interpretations of Vygotsky's theory largely assume that instruction pushes development, the issue of how this occurs has yet to be clarified. For example, the notion of "zone of proximal development" has aroused strong disagreement, and the common conceptualization of the notion of "nonspontaneous concept" has…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Learning Theories, Educational Psychology, Concept Formation
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Eun, Barohny – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2016
The present conceptual analysis begins with an assertion that the most fundamental act in any educational endeavors is establishing their goals. The discussion proceeds to reviewing recent pertinent literature that presents Vygotsky's theory of development as a useful source in providing guidance to establishing the goals of education in rapidly…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Drama, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language)
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Rey, Fernando Luís González; Martínez, Albertina Mitjáns – International Research in Early Childhood Education, 2016
This paper aims to discuss the relevance that the concept of "perezhivanie" had for Soviet psychology and its implication for the development of topics that have been largely neglected both in Soviet psychology and in the Western Vygotskian tradition. According to the position defended in this paper, "perezhivanie" is not just…
Descriptors: Psychology, Foreign Countries, Western Civilization, Individual Development
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Argenton, Gerald – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2015
Experience is one of the major paths to growth and autonomy, and as such, of outstanding educational value. But it also has a much wider sociocultural context, rooted in life itself. It is about learning that which cannot be taught, learning to think, which precedes all other-defined forms of education. It is an encounter with the unknown, where…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Experience, Educational Philosophy, Individual Development
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Jarvis, Peter – Comparative Education, 2013
This paper falls into two parts--a Western interpretation and an Eastern critique of the same process. The first part provides an interpretation of how we learn to become culturally embedded individuals. The paper notes the learning processes in the formation of the cultural and national self. We, in the West, have traditionally assumed that the…
Descriptors: Western Civilization, Asian Culture, Learning Processes, Collectivism
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Johnson, Wesley; Lustick, David; Kim, MinJeong – Current Issues in Education, 2011
Teacher learning can be modeled in a variety of different ways. In this study, an analysis of teacher social capital was used to describe the effects of a school-wide professional development program. Social capital refers to the resources that teachers can access through peer collaboration to support their ongoing learning. Findings indicate that…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Social Capital, Teacher Collaboration, Individual Development
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Allen, Nicholas – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2012
In this article I explore Amartya Sen's contention that individual freedom represents both the objective of development and the means through which development is to take place. Examining the conceptualisation of freedom central to Sen's capability approach, I distinguish between two notions of freedom, autonomy and agency, where the former…
Descriptors: Freedom, Personal Autonomy, Empowerment, Organizational Development
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Tasker, Thomas; Johnson, Karen E.; Davis, Tracy S. – Language Teaching Research, 2010
In this article we examine a teacher-authored narrative in which Steve Mann (2002), an English as a second language teacher, critically reflects on how his teaching beliefs were transformed as a result of participating in "cooperative development" (Edge, 1992, 2002). Cooperative development is an inquiry-based approach to professional development…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Cognitive Development, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language)
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Tucker, Corinna Jenkins; Updegraff, Kimberly – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2009
Guided by an ecological framework, we explore how siblings' and parents' roles, relationships, and activities are intertwined in everyday life, providing unique and combined contributions to development. In a departure from past research that emphasized the separate contributions of siblings and parents to individual development, we find that…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Siblings, Parent Influence, Sibling Relationship
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Greenfield, Patricia M. – Developmental Psychology, 2009
P. M. Greenfield's new theory of social change and human development aims to show how changing sociodemographic ecologies alter cultural values and learning environments and thereby shift developmental pathways. Worldwide sociodemographic trends include movement from rural residence, informal education at home, subsistence economy, and…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Social Behavior, Ecology, Social Change
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Fairbanks, Colleen M.; Crooks, Penny Mason; Ariail, Mary – Harvard Educational Review, 2011
In this article, Fairbanks, Crooks, and Ariail followed Esme Martinez, a Spanish-speaking Latina, from the sixth grade to the eleventh grade, focusing on her perspectives of schooling and her shifting identities related to home, school, friendships, and future. Drawing on the construct of artifacts, a sociohistorical concept that understands…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Identification (Psychology), Foreign Countries, Sociocultural Patterns
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