Sociocultural Psychology and Regulatory Processes in Learning Activity

Lynda D. Stone is Professor of Child and Adolescent Development at California State University, Sacramento, where she has received awards for Outstanding Teaching and Community Service. Her research examines teaching-learning practices with attention to learners from non-dominant communities. Tabitha Hart is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at San José State University, California. Her research areas include speech codes theory, ethnography of communication, and technology-mediated communication.

• List of figures; List of transcription Excerpts; Foreword Regina Day Langhout; Acknowledgments; Transcription conventions; 1. Introduction; 2. Cultural-historical psychological theory; 3. The relational habitus and regulatory processes; 4. Practical-moral knowledge and regulatory processes; 5. Identity and competence woven together through regulatory processes; 6. Contextual mood and regulatory processes; 7. Conclusion; References; Index.

'This book provides a carefully crafted blend of theory and practical ideas that make it possible for teachers to treat self-regulation as part of a constantly evolving classroom dynamic. The authors' use of concrete cases to illustrate theoretical ideas succeeds in helping teachers to arrange lessons that create active learners.' Michael Cole, Emeritus Distinguished Professor, University of California, San Diego