Tag: Sociocultural

Free Download Vlad P. Glăveanu, "The Possible: A Sociocultural Theory"
English | ISBN: 0197520499 | 2020 | 252 pages | EPUB, PDF | 431 KB + 2 MB
This book explores an eminently human phenomenon: our capacity to engage with the possible, to go beyond what is present, visible, or given in our existence. Possibility studies is an emerging field of research including topics as diverse as creativity, imagination, innovation, anticipation, counterfactual thinking, wondering, the future, social change, hope, agency, and utopia. The Possible: A Sociocultural Theory contributes to this wide field by developing a sociocultural account of the possible grounded in the notions of difference, position, perspective, dialogue, action, and culture. This theory aims to offer conceptual, methodological, and practical tools for all those interested in studying human possibility and cultivating it in education, at the workplace, in everyday life, and in society.

Free Download Richard H. Robbins and Maggie Cummings, "Sociocultural Anthropology: A Problem-Based Approach"
English | 2016 | pages: 349 | ISBN: 0176570160 | PDF | 70,2 mb
Taking the unique problem-based approach, the third Canadian edition of Sociocultural Anthropology encourages students to have a critical mindset when exploring the key concepts and methods presented in this textbook. Each chapter is organized around an intellectual "problem" and then further divided into a series of questions that address the problem from an anthropological perspective. Using problems and questions to frame each chapter along with the engaging writing style of the authors, this approach highlights the real-world, relevant problems that anthropologists are facing and encourages students to start thinking about how they would solve them as anthropologists.

Free Download Katerina Plakitsi, "Sociocultural Approaches to STEM Education: An ISCAR International Collective Issue "
English | ISBN: 3031443764 | 2023 | 315 pages | PDF | 9 MB
This book is a contribution to the sociocultural approaches to Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education. It offers a new interpreting theoretical framework coming from the Cultural Historical Psychology. The authors highlight some serious elements of the sociocultural context that mediates learning on STEM or with STEM adds. The book brings together the work of researchers interested in developmental psychology and childhood, with a special focus on using Activity theory and Cultural-historical research approach to unite these two opposing approaches to the study of children. The authors reconsider our relationship and experiencing with technology. It moves the attention from the pure instrumental aspect of technology to a deep human and societal approach. Moreover, the book focuses on the issue of teachers’ continuing education in both formal and informal settings is being seen under a sequential system of expansive cycles and the key role of contradictions in transformative educational settings.

Free Download Claude-Hélène Mayer, "Psychobiographical Illustrations on Meaning and Identity in Sociocultural Contexts "
English | ISBN: 3030812375 | 2021 | 401 pages | PDF | 5 MB
This book explores psychobiography with focus on meaning making and identity development in the life and works of extraordinary individuals. Meaning-making and identity development are existential constructs influencing psychological development, mental health and wellbeing across the lifecourse. The chapters illustrate through the eyes of 25 international psychobiographers various theoretical and methodological approaches to psychobiography. They explore how individuals, such as Angela Merkel, Karl Lagerfeld, Henri Nouwen, Vivian Maier, Charles Baudelaire, W.E.B. du Bois, Loránt Hegedüs, Kim Philby, Zoltan Paul Dienes, Albertina Sisulu, Ruth First, Sokrates, and Jesus construct their lives to make meaning, develop their identities and grow as individuals within their sociocultural contexts. The texts provide deep insight into life’s development.

Free Download Hanna H. Wei, "Sociocultural Otherness and Minority Justice: A Study on China "
English | ISBN: 9811697515 | 2022 | 286 pages | PDF | 6 MB
This book draws attention to the nonlegal, sociocultural aspects of justice for minorities in China. The primary objectives are threefold. The first is to present a tentative analysis of the lived realities of being ‘the other’ in China, with the aim of presenting a critical picture of the complex national context and identifying main concerns and key challenges. Six topics are covered – gender roles, health, class, intimacy, ethnicity and religion, and expression. The second objective is to explore the interaction between a wide range of factors and myriad systems that enable or hinder protection and justice for these groups, be they historical, political, social, or cultural, hoping to open up a rich domain of inquiry for those interested in to what extent and in what ways otherness may or may not survive in China. The third objective is to bring attention to new trends and developments, some are easily identifiable whereas others are less detectable,some are interrelated while others are relatively isolated, some are straightforward and others remain easily misinterpreted.

Free Download Learning Chinese Linguistic, Sociocultural, and Narrative Perspectives TAL 5 By Timothy Anderson, Roma Ilnyckyj, Ella Lester, Rachel Wang, Elliott Yates, Patricia Duff
2013 | 294 Pages | ISBN: 193407876X | PDF | 5 MB
The volume is an innovative examination of the acquisition of Mandarin Chinese, one of the most important and widely spoken languages in the world today. It describes the rise of Chinese as a global language and the many challenges and opportunities associated with learning it. The collaborative, multiple-case study and cross-case analysis is presented from three distinct but complementary theoretical and analytic perspectives: linguistic, sociocultural, and narrative. The book reveals fascinating dimensions of Chinese language learning based on vivid first-person accounts (with autobiographical narratives included in the book) of adults negotiating not only their own and others’ language and literacy learning, but also their identities, communities, and trajectories as users of Chinese.

Free Download Jack Martin, "Studies of Life Positioning: A New Sociocultural Approach to Psychobiography "
English | ISBN: 1032608854 | 2024 | 160 pages | PDF | 7 MB
This book illustrates how Life Positioning Analysis can be used as a theoretical and methodological approach to sociocultural psychobiography.

Free Download Eduardo Negueruela-Azarola, "Teoría sociocultural y español LE/L2 "
Español | ISBN: 1032189649 | 2023 | 280 pages | EPUB, PDF | 4 MB + 16 MB
Teoría sociocultural y español LE/L2 es una introducción académica a conceptos clave de la teoría sociocultural aplicada a la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de español como segunda lengua y lengua extranjera. Los capítulos han sido escritos por expertos de todo el mundo, tanto por investigadores y profesores de larga trayectoria como por nuevos investigadores. La obra ofrece una revisión detallada del impacto de las ideas socioculturales en la enseñanza y aprendizaje de español.

Free Download Carla Meskill, "Online Teaching and Learning: Sociocultural Perspectives"
English | 2015 | pages: 257 | ISBN: 1474222889, 1441159452 | PDF | 3,1 mb
Online Teaching and Learning shows how learning through the internet depends on complex human interactions for success.

Free Download Sociocultural Issues in Sport and Physical Activity by Robert Pitter, David L. Andrews, Joshua I. Newman
English | May 18, 2022 | ISBN: 1450468659 | 320 pages | PDF | 16 Mb
Sociocultural Issues in Sport and Physical Activity explores the intersections between modern physical activity and society. The text surpasses the scope of sociological texts that focus solely on sports, covering a broad range of physical activities such as fitness, dance, weightlifting, and others. The authors emphasize the promotion of healthy individuals and a healthy body in the many movement settings where the body is active.