Appropriation and Ontogeny: Identifying Compatibility between Cognitive and Sociocultural Contributions to Adult Learning and Development.

Billett, Stephen

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Publication Date: 1998

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Appropriation and Ontogeny: Identifying Compatibility between Cognitive and Sociocultural Contributions to Adult Learning and Development.

Billett, Stephen

International Journal of Lifelong Education, v17 n1 p21-34 Jan-Feb 1998

Integration of the cognitive psychology and sociocultural constructivist perspectives yields a more comprehensive account of adult thinking and acting. This synthesis is based on a view of individual knowledge acquisition as a socially mediated process and on ontogeny or life-history approach. (SK)

Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Cognitive Psychology, Constructivism (Learning), Social Environment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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