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1. Technology, Literacy, and the Evolution of Society

   Implications of the Work of Jack Goody

   Edited by David R. Olson, Michael Cole

   Inspired by the seminal work of Jack Goody, a historical anthropologist specializing in the study of social structure and change, Technology, Literacy, and the Evolution of Society gathers diverse perspectives of 20 distinguished historians, anthropologists, psychologists, and educators to address...

   Published June 22nd 2006 by Psychology Press
2. Literacy, Narrative and Culture

   Edited by Jens Brockmeier, David R. Olson, Min Wang

   An important contribution to the multi-disciplinary study of literacy, narrative and culture, this work argues that literacy is perhaps best described as an ensemble of socially and historically embedded activities of cultural practices. It suggests viewing written language, producing and...

   Published January 30th 2002 by Routledge
3. Developing Theories of Intention

   Social Understanding and Self-control

   Edited by Philip David Zelazo, Janet Wilde Astington, David R. Olson

   The chapters collected in this volume represent the "state-of-the-art" of research on the development of intentional action and intentional understanding--topics that are at the intersection of current research on imitation, early understanding of mental states, goal-directed behavior in nonhuman...

   Published March 31st 1999 by Psychology Press
4. Cognitive Development

   The Child's Acquisition of Diagonality

   By David R. Olson

   When this book was first published, David Olson was examining the developing representation and use of diagonals in the context of much larger questions, questions also explored by Vygotsky, Cassirer, Gombrich, and Bruner. These include such issues as conceptual development, conceptual change, and...

   Published January 31st 1996 by Psychology Press