Sociocultural+Activity


 * //Observing sociocultural activity on three planes: participatory appropriation, guided participation, and apprenticeship//. Barbara Rogoff **

One-Sentence Summary: Individuals, communities, and culture are interwoven, and in order to understand one, its role and relationship with the others must be examined.

Key Quote: "Rather than searching for the nature of internalization as a conduit from external bits of knowledge or skill to an internal repository, we look directly at the efforts of individuals, their companions, and the institutions they constitute and build upon to see development as grounded in the specifics and commonalities of those efforts, opportunities, constraints, and changes." (p.159)

Point to Remember: Look beyond the classroom for ways to include and benefit from the community's contribution and influence on learning.

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