Syllabus / achievement requirements - Autumn 2014
SNE3130 Historical and Sociocultural Perspectives on Learning and Development
*Texts marked with an asterisk will be made available via Fronter - SNE4130 Autumn 2014
Compulsory reading
Cole, M. (1996). Cultural Psychology. Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Ch. 1 – 7: 220p.
*Johnsen, B. H. (2001). Special Needs Education as a University Discipline – the Department of Special Needs Education, UiO. In B. H. Johnsen & M. D. Skj?rten (Eds.). Education - Special Needs Education: An Introduction (pp.173 – 186). Oslo: Unipub. 13 p.
Klein, P. S. (Ed.). (2001). Seeds of Hope. Oslo, Unipub. Ch 1-4: 124p.
Rogoff, B. (2003). The Cultural Nature of Human Development. Oxford, University Press, ch.1,2,3, 4 & 7,8: 239p.
*Rye, H. (2001). Helping Children and Families with Special Needs - A Resource-Oriented Approach. In B. H. Johnsen & M. D. Skj?rten (Eds.). Education – Special Needs Education: An Introduction. Oslo: Unipub.65p.
*Rye, H. (2005). The Foundation of an Optimal Psychosocial Development. In B. H. Johnsen (Ed.). Socio-Emotional Growth and Development of Learning Strategies (pp. 215-228). Oslo: Unipub–Oslo Academic Press. 13p.
Vygotsky, L. (1978). Mind in Society. Cambridge, Harvard University Press. Chapters: Introduction and chapters 1 – 7. 104p.
Additional reading
Bruner, J. (1990). Acts of Meaning. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 137p.
*Johnsen, B. H. ( 2001). Introduction to the History of Special Needs Education towards Inclusion - A Norwegian and European Context. In B. H. Johnsen & M. D. Skj?rten (Eds.). Education - Special Needs Education: An Introduction (pp.133-154). Oslo: Unipub. 11p
*Johnsen, B. H. (in press 2013). A Curricular Approach to Inclusive Education - Some Thoughts concerning Practice, Innovation and Research. In L. Igric (Ed.). Antology. Zagreb. 52p.
Knox, J. E. & Stevens, C. (1993). Vygotsky and Soviet Defectology. An Introduction. In R. W. Rieber & A. S. Carton (Eds.). The Fundamentals of Defectology (pp. 1-25). The Collected Works of L. S. Vygotsky, Volume 2. New York: Plenum Press.
Additional individually selected reading
Power point presentations, DVD, group and individual activities