Networks of mind learning, culture, neuroscience - Hall, Kathy, 1952-; Curtin, Alicia; Rutherford, Vanessa (London ; New York : Routledge, 2014)
1. Introduction : making the case for examining sociocultural theory and neuroscience -- 2. Defining brain -- 3. The making of minds -- 4. The making of culture -- 5. A heuristic for avoiding a totalizing concept of culture -- 6. Making connections : learning and pedagogy -- 7. Constructing success and failure -- 8. Explaining talent : opportunity to learn -- 9. #Language -- 10. Emotion : my many coloured days -- 11. Coming to mind : telling the story of memory and identity -- 12. Sociocultural and neuroscientific metaphors for understanding learning -- 13. Tensions and struggles over explanations for learning : resisting a neurobiological take over -- 14. Conclusion : claiming science.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Cognitive neuroscience; Learning -- Physiological aspects; Learning -- Social aspects; Learning, psychology of