This topical text provides students with a clear understanding of policy and theory in relation to community. By examining areas of government policy this book explores the ...

An overview of trends in law, conflict resolution and mental health.

In this innovative study, Jean Lave moves the analysis of one particular form of cognitive activity--arithmetic problem-solving--out of the laboratory and into the domain of ...

Up-to-date overview of relation between theories in metacognition and their real-world application.

Argues that the technology of the information age cannot replace the social resources and networks that make learning, working, and innovating possible.

The book contains 24 research articles related to the emerging research field of Communities and Technologies (C&T). The papers treat subjects such as online communities ...

A 2004 account of the cognitive-clinical literature sets the agenda for future research.

Interprets the tension between traditional public education and the technology that seeks to overtake it, and explains what can be done to promote a successful educational system.

The purpose of the book is to set up a framework for discussions on social and technical issues of online communities. Designing usability and supporting sociability lays a ...