GSE Publications
Title
Document Type
Book Chapter
Date of this Version
January 2003
Abstract
Learning takes place in many settings, but educational institutions foster both breadth and depth of learning. Different types of teaching make very different assumptions about what learning is.
Keywords
cognitive mediation, social context, teaching, schools, human nature
COinS
Date Posted: 01 May 2007
Comments
Postprint version. Published in Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science Volume 1, Edited by Lynn Nadel (New York: Nature Publishing Group, 2003), Article 563, pages 1079-1082.