Reflective thinking in educational settings : a cultural framework /

"This volume examines the role that culture plays in the acquisition of cognitive, linguistic, and social skills. Taking reflective thinking as a central analytical concept, the contributors investigate the role of personal reflection in a series of mental activities, including the creation of...

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Other Authors: Antonietti, Alessandro, 1960- (Editor), Confalonieri, Emanuela, Marchetti, Antonella
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : do metarepresentation and narratives play a role in reflective thinking? / Alessandro Antonietti, Emanuela Confalonieri, Antonella Marchetti
  • Part I. Representation and Metarepresentations : 1. Social development and the development of social representations : two sides of the same coin? / Felice Carugati, Patrizia Selleri; 2. Learning from multimedia artifacts : the role of metacognition / Alessandro Antonietti, Barbara Colombo; 3. Theory of mind in typical and atypical developmental settings : some considerations from a contextual perspective / Antonella Marchetti, Ilaria Castelli, Giulia Cavalli, Eleonora Di Terlizzi, Flavia Lecciso, Barbara Lucchini, Davide Massaro, Serena Petrocchi, Annalisa Valle; 4. The use of metacognitive language in story retell : the intersection between theory of mind and story comprehension / Janette Pelletier, Kathleen Hipfner-Boucher, Antoinette Doyle; 5. Language access and theory of mind reasoning : evidence from deaf children in bilingual and oralist environments / Marek Meristo, Kerstin W. Falkman, Erland Hjelmquist, Mariantonia Tedoldi, Luca Surian, Michael Siegal; 6. Commentary : aspects and perspectives of research into meta-representative thought / Piergiorgio Battistelli
  • Part II. Narratives : 7. Narrative, culture, and society / Jerome Bruner; 8. Schooling and literacy in mind and society / David R. Olson; 9. Teaching writing to undergraduate psychology students as socialization into a genre / Pietro Boscolo; 10. Exploring pictorial artworks : the role of intersubjectivity / Federica Savazzi, Garbiella Gilli, Simona Ruggi; 11. Does culture shape the professional self? An exploration of teachers' narratives / Emanuela Confalonieri, Sarah Miragoli; 12. Commentary : exploring symbolic spaces : writing, narrative, and art / Jens Brockmeier, Bruce D. Homer; Concluding remarks / Allesandro Antonietti, Emanuela Confalonieri, Antonella Marchetti.