Developing Scaffolds in Evolution, Culture, and Cognition

Bys: Stuart A. Newman and James Allen Evans

Empirical and philosophical perspectives on scaffolding that highlight the role of temporal and temporary resources in development across concepts of culture, cognition, and evolution.

"Scaffolding" is a concept that is becoming widely used across disciplines. This book investigates common threads in diverse applications of scaffolding, including theoretical biology, cognitive science, social theory, science and technology studies,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262019558
• ISBN13: 9780262019552
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 426 Pages
• Weight: 1.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher