Handbook of the Cultural Foundations of Learning

Na’ilah Suad Nasir is the sixth President of the Spencer Foundation and former Professor of Education and African American Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, USA.Carol D. Lee is Professor Emeritus of Education and Social Policy, Learning Sciences, and African American Studies at Northwestern University, USA.Roy Pea is David Jacks Professor of Education and Learning Sciences and Director of the Learning Sciences and Technology Design PhD program at Stanford University, USA.Maxine McKinney de Royston is Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.

• Part 1: Human Evolution, Physiological Processes, and Participation in Cultural Practices 1. The Institutional Foundations of Human Evolution, Ontogenesis, and Learning 2. The Braid of Human Learning and Development: Neuro-Physiological Processes and Participation in Cultural Practices 3. Examining Links Between Culture, Identity, and Learning 4. The Role of Stereotypes: Racial Identity and Learning 5. Innovation as a Key Feature of Indigenous Ways of Learning: Individuals and Communities Generating Knowledge Part 2: Discourse, Positioning, Argumentation, and Learning in Culture 6. Learning "How to Mean": Embodiment in Cultural Practices 7. Positioning Theory and Discourse Analysis: An Explanatory Theory and Analytic Lens 8. Hybrid Argumentation in Literature and Science for K-12 Classrooms 9. Culture and Biology in Learning Disabilities Research: Legacies and Possible Futures 10. Power, Language, and Bilingual Learners Part 3: Learning Across Contexts 11. Learning Pathways: How Learning is Culturally Organized 12. Locating Children’s Interests and Concerns: An Interaction-Focused Approach 13. Communities as Contexts for Learning 14. Adaptive Learning Across the Life Span 15. Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy: A Critical Framework for Centering Communities 16. Multiple Ways of Knowing: Re-Imagining Disciplinary Learning Part 4: Reframing and Studying the Cultural Nature of Learning 17. Integrating Intersectionality into the Study of Learning 18. Reconceptualizing the Quantitative-Qualitative Divide: Toward a New Empiricism 19. Social Design-Based Experiments: A Utopian Methodology for Understanding New Possibilities for Learning 20. Promoting Equitable and Just Learning Across Settings: Organizational Forms for Educational Change 21. Learning at the Boundaries: Reconsidering University-District Partnerships for Educational Change Part 5: Implications for Policy and Practice 22. Educating Teachers for the 21st Century: Culture, Reflection, and Learning 23. Culture, Learning, and Policy