Representing Development: The social construction of models of change (Cultural Dynamics of Social Representation)

Representing Development Presents The Different Social Representations That Have Formed The Idea Of Development In Western Thinking Over The Past Three Centuries. Offering An Acute Perspective On The Current State Of Developmental Science And Providing Constructive Insights Into Future Pathways, The Book Draws Together Twelve Contributors With A Variety Of Multidisciplinary And International Perspectives To Focus Upon Development In Fields Including Biology, Psychology And Sociology. Chapters And Commentaries In This Volume Present A Variety Of Perspectives Surrounding Social Representation And Development, Addressing Their Contemporary Enactments And Reflecting On Future Theoretical And Empirical Directions. The First Section Of The Book Provides An Historical Account Of Early Representations Of Development That, Having Come From Life Science, Has Shaped The Way In Which Developmental Science Has Approached Development. Section Two Focuses Upon The Contemporary Issues Of Developmental Psychology, Neuroscience And Developmental Science At Large. The Final Section Offers A Series Of Commentaries Pointing To The Questions Opened By The Previous Chapters, Looking To Outline The Future Lines Of Developmental Thinking. This Book Will Be Of Particular Interest To Child Psychologists, Educational Psychologists And Sociologists Or Historians Of Science, As Well As Academics And Students Interested In Developmental And Life Sciences.--from Book Description, Amazon.com. Machine Generated Contents Note: Pt. I Emerging Representations Of Development -- 1. Goethe And Werner: From Morphology To Orthogenetic Principle / Abigail Graves -- 2. Making Sense Of Self-completing Wholes: Epistemological Travels Of Hans Driesch / Jaan Valsiner -- 3. The Need To Bridge Concepts Of Development In The Life Sciences / Vanessa Lux -- Pt. Ii Study Of Development In Its Move To The Twenty-first Century -- 4. The Passion Of Bob Cairns: Creating Developmental Science / Jaan Valsiner -- 5. The Loss Of Piaget As A Symptom: The Issue Of Development In Contemporary Cognitive Psychology / Eduardo Marti -- 6. Neuroscience: Can It Become Developmental? / Aaro Toomela -- 7. Socio-developmental Aspects Of Apprenticeship: The Case Of Musical Tuition / Pablo Rojas -- Pt. Iii Representing What Is Yet To Happen: Ideas For New Pathways Into Developmental Science -- 1. On The Ganzheit And Stratification Of The Mind: The Emergence Of Heinz Werner's Developmental Theory / Martin Wieser -- 2. Reconsidering Equipotentiality: Agency And The Directions Of Development / Vanessa Lux -- 3. Observations On Karl And Charlotte Buhler's Perspective Of Development / Gerhard Benetka -- 4. The Dangerous Look Of Development And Developmental Science / Agnes E. Dodds -- 5. Knowledge In Mind: Piaget's Epistemology / Leslie Smith -- 6. Time Is Of The Essence: From The Estimation Of Single Points To The Description Of Functions / Felipe Munoz-rubke -- 7. Reprise In Musical Tuition: Hints On The Helical Nature Of Development / David Carre -- General Conclusion -- Representing Development: The Social Construction Of Models Of Change / Stefan Hampl. Edited By David Carré, Jaan Valsiner And Stefan Hampl. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. __Representing Development__ presents the different social representations that have formed the idea of development in Western thinking over the past three centuries. Offering an acute perspective on the current state of developmental science and providing constructive insights into future pathways, the bookdraws together twelve contributors with a variety of multidisciplinary and international perspectives to focus upon development in fields including biology, psychology and sociology. Chapters and commentaries in this volume present a variety of perspectives surrounding social representation and development, addressing their contemporary enactments and reflecting on future theoretical and empirical directions. The first section of the book provides an historical account of early representations of development that, having come from life science, has shaped the way in which developmental science has approached development. Section two focuses upon the contemporary issues of developmental psychology, neuroscience and developmental science at large. The final section offers a series of commentaries pointing to the questions opened by the previous chapters, looking to outline the future lines of developmental thinking. This book will be of particular interest to child psychologists, educational psychologists and sociologists or historians of science, as well as academics and students interested in developmental and life sciences. Representing Development' presents the different social representations that have formed the idea of development in Western thinking over the past three centuries. Offering an acute perspective on the current state of developmental science and providing constructive insights into future pathways, the book draws together twelve contributors with a variety of multidisciplinary and international perspectives to focus upon development in fields including biology, psychology and sociology. Chapters and commentaries in this volume present a variety of perspectives surrounding social representation and development, addressing their contemporary enactments and reflecting on future theoretical and empirical directions. The first section of the book provides an historical account of early representations of development that, having come from life science, has shaped the way in which developmental science has approached development. Section two focuses upon the contemporary issues of developmental psychology, neuroscience and developmental science at large. 0The final section offers a series of commentaries pointing to the questions opened by the previous chapters, looking to outline the future lines of developmental thinking. This book will be of particular interest to child psychologists, educational psychologists and sociologists or historians of science, as well as academics and students interested in developmental and life sciences PART I Emerging Representations of Development -- 1 Goethe and Werner: From Morphology to Orthogenetic Principle -- The Concept of Development in the Context of Goethe's Work -- Goethe's Method -- Reception of Goethe's Scientific Work -- From Goethe to Werner: Similarities and Differences -- Conclusion: The Future of the Orthogenetic Principle -- Notes -- References -- 2 Making Sense of Self-completing Wholes: Epistemological Travels of Hans Driesch -- The Fight for the Autonomy of Biology as Science -- How Could the Idea of Vitalism Develop? -- The Idea of Harmonious-Equipotential Systems PART II Study of Development in its Move to the Twenty-first Century -- 4 The Passion of Bob Cairns: Creating Developmental Science -- The making of Developmental Science -- The Initial Bond: Bob Cairns' Affiliations and Transcendence -- History of Developmental Ideas, as Narrated by Bob Cairns: A Continuing Dialogue -- The Relevance of Subtlety: Allusional Dialogues with the Present -- The Holistic (Person-centered) Approach: Self and Culture -- The Basic Development of Bob Cairns: From Social Learning Theories to Developmental Science -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References Representing Development -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Going Backwards to Move Forwards - Understanding the Shortcomings of Developmental Science -- Developmental Science: What is it? -- A Representational Trap: The Need for Teleology, and its Avoidance -- The Paradox of Developmental Methodology: Capturing Emergence -- Relativity in Change Between Levels: Persons in Societies -- Presenting this Book: From History to Future -- Notes -- References From Experimental Embryology to Philosophy: Looking for General Meaning -- Vitalism and Driesch's Version of Entelechy -- A Century Later: Context-Based Autonomy of Organisms -- Conclusion: Vitalism in the 21st Century -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- 3 The Need to Bridge Concepts of Development in the Life Sciences -- From Embryology to Developmental Genetics -- The Embryological Heritage in Developmental Psychology and the Shift to an Epidemiological Model of Development -- A New Developmental Paradigm in the Life Sciences -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References 5 The Loss of Piaget as a Symptom: The Issue of Development in Contemporary Cognitive Psychology -- Young Piaget in Context: The Richness of the Developmental Perspective During the First Half of the 20th Century -- Genetic Epistemology: A Multidisciplinary and Developmental Understanding of Knowledge -- The Progressive Decline of Piaget's Influence -- The Decline of the Developmental Perspective in Contemporary Psychology -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 6 Neuroscience: Can it Become Developmental? -- Where We Are in Studies of Nervous System-Psyche Relationships