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Tables of Contents for Understanding Practice
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Series foreword
vii
List of contributors
ix
Part I Introduction
The practice of learning
3
32
Jean Lave
Part II Learning craftwork
Learning to navigate
35
29
Edwin Hutchins
Developmental studies of work as a testbench of activity theory: The case of primary care medical practice
64
40
Yrjo Engestrom
Re-searching psychotherapeutic practice
104
21
Ole Dreier
Thinking and acting with iron
125
19
Charles Keller
Janet Dixon Keller
Artificial intelligence as craftwork
144
35
Lucy A. Suchman
Randall H. Trigg
Behavior setting analysis of situated learning: The case of newcomers
179
36
Urs Fuhrer
Part III Learning as social production
Examinations reexamined: Certification of students or certification of knowledge?
215
26
Steinar Kvale
Beneath the skin and between the ears: A case study in the politics of representation
241
28
Hugh Mehan
The acquisition of a child by a learning disability
269
37
R. P. McDermott
Context and scaffolding in developmental studies of mother-child problem-solving dyads
306
21
Harold G. Levine
Solving everyday problems in the formal setting: An empirical study of the school as context for thought
327
16
Roger Saljo
Jan Wyndhamn
Teacher's directives: The social construction of ``literal meanings'' and ``real worlds'' in classroom discourse
343
34
Norris Minick
Part IV Conclusion
Understanding the social scientific practice of Understanding practice
377
26
Seth Chaiklin
Author index
403
5
Subject index
408