The Study of Social Interaction in Educational Settings: Accomplishments and Unresolved Issues

Human Development

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 245-269

  Mehan, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Context specific behavior; Critical ethnography; Cultural discontinuity; Interaction; Macro micro connections; Microethnography; Sociocultural theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347603127     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022586     Document Type: Article

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