Isbn: 9780521056489 - cognition and tool use: the blacksmith at work (learning in doing: social, cognitive, and computational perspectives) (5 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. Janet and Charles Keller provide an account of situated learning based on the ethnographic study of blacksmithing. Num Pages: 220 pages, 41 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 330. . 2008. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - In Cognition and Tool Use, anthropologists Janet and Charles Keller provide an account of human accomplishment based on ethnographic study. Blacksmithing, the transformation of glowing iron into artistic and utilitarian products, is the activity they chose to develop a study of situated learning. This domain, permeated by visual imagery and physical virtuosity rather than verbal logic, appears antithetical to the usual realms of cognitive study. For this reason, it provides a new entrée to human thought and an empirical test for an anthropology of knowledge. How does a mind in practice approach a stable, 'sedimented' body of knowledge and create something truly original What does human tool use say about human thought What does someone need to know to successfully produce a material artifact and how do they learn it In addressing these questions, the authors offer an interdisciplinary perspective on the principled creativity of human behaviour.…