<p>Lecture, four hours. Introduction to theoretical foundations of research on culture and cognition. Drawing from insights of cultural psychology and anthropology, study of various definitions of community spaces, etc.; and consideration of social, political, and educational implications of ways these terms are conceptualized. Study address questions of relationship between culture and development of mind; how this relationship might be studied; what insight research on culture and cognition offers for the organization of learning environments; and for understandings of diversity and equity. Letter grading.</p>

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School of Education and Information Studies

The department is a leader in the study and practice of urban education and issues of access, equity, and quality facing early childhood, K-12, and higher education.

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Culture and Cognition

EDUC 139

4 units