Author: D. M. McInerney
Publisher: Information Age Publishing
Keywords: sociocultural, influences, motivation, learn, research, education, teacher, programs
Number of Pages: 253
Published: 2003-01-01
List price: $39.99
ISBN-10: 1593110502
ISBN-13: 9781593110505

In this volume we describe exemplary programs in teacher education that attempt to address some of the issues alluded to above. Our authors address theoretical perspectives on the importance of teacher education for improving educational outcomes; the achievement gap between different groups and in particular the significant achievement gap between indigenous students and other minorities and mainstream groups, and how this might be overcome by better trained teachers; and how teachers learn to be effective teachers and are these skills of effective teaching broadly applicable across

Author: Merwyn S. Garbarino
Publisher: Waveland Press
Keywords: history, short, anthropology, theory, sociocultural
Number of Pages: 114
Published: 1983-06
List price: $15.50
ISBN-10: 0881330566
ISBN-13: 9780881330564

This useful resource is designed to serve as a statement, in brief compass, of the major developments in anthropological theory rendered in a historical perspective. Intended as an organizing framework, this book presents all theoretical viewpoints fairly, concisely, and simply.

Author: James V. Wertsch
Publisher: Harvard University Pre
Keywords: mediated, action, approach, sociocultural, mind, voices
Number of Pages: 182
Published: 1993-03-15
List price: $27.50
ISBN-10: 067494304X
ISBN-13: 9780674943049

In Voices of the Mind, James Wertsch outlines an approach to mental functioning that stresses its inherent cultural, historical, and institutional context. A critical aspect of this approach is the cultural tools or "mediational means" that shape both social and individual processes. In considering how these mediational means--in particular, language--emerge in social history and the role they play in organizing the settings in which human beings are socialized, Wertsch achieves fresh insights into essential areas of human mental functioning that are typically unexplored or misunderstood. Al

Author: James P. Lantolf
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: oxford, applied, linguistics, learning, language, theory, second, sociocultural
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2000-03-27
List price: $32.50
ISBN-10: 0194421600
ISBN-13: 9780194421607

This book represents a major statement of the current research being conducted into the learning of second languages from a sociocultural perspective.

Author: John D. Woodward
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Keywords: sociocultural, concerns, addressing, identifying, biometric, applications, army
Number of Pages: 184
Published: 2001-06-25
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 0833029851
ISBN-13: 9780833029850

Every human possesses more than one virtually infallible form of identification. Known as "biometrics," examples include fingerprints, iris and retinal scans, hand geometry, and other measures of physical characteristics and personal traits. Advances in computers and related technologies have made this a highly automated process through which recognition occurs almost instantaneously. With concern about its information assurance systems and physical access control increasing, the Army has undertaken an assessment of how it can use biometrics to improve security, efficiency, and convenience.

Authors:Bertha Perez, Teresa L. McCarty, Lucille J. Watahomi
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: literacy, language, contexts, sociocultural
Number of Pages: 424
Published: 2004-03-18
List price: $51.95
ISBN-10: 0805843418
ISBN-13: 9780805843415

Sociocultural Contexts of Language and Literacy, Second Edition engages prospective and in-service teachers in learning about linguistically and culturally diverse students, and in using this knowledge to enrich literacy learning in classrooms and communities. The text is grounded in current research and theory that integrate sociocultural and constructivist concepts and perspectives and provide a framework teachers can use to develop strategies for teaching reading, writing, and thinking to diverse students. The focus on English literacy development does not imply advocacy for "English only"

Authors:Kenneth Hyltenstam, Ake Viberg,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: linguistic, perspectives, neuropsychological, sociocultural, regression, language, progression
Number of Pages: 501
Published: 1994-01-28
List price: $56.00
ISBN-10: 0521438748
ISBN-13: 9780521438742

This crosslinguistic collection looks at changes and developments in language known as progression and regression. The processes are examined and compared at the societal and individual level. In the former, the focus is on the socio-cultural forces that influence groups of speakers to create new languages or abandon old ones. In the latter, the acquisition and attrition of first and second languages are considered. The theoretical issues around this topic are addressed from sociological, neuropsychological and linguistic perspectives.