1. Understanding interthinking; 2. Talk and interthinking at work; 3. Interthinking and the performance arts; 4. Digital technology and interthinking; 5. Language and the process of thinking collectively
Biography
Karen Littleton is Professor of Psychology in Education at The Open University, where she currently directs the Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology. In 2010 she became Editor of Routledge’s Psychology in Education book series.
Neil Mercer is Professor of Education and Chair of the Psychology and Education Group at the University of Cambridge, having previously been Professor of Language and Communications at the Open University. In 2011 he became Vice-President of the Cambridge college Hughes Hall.
"The authors have pulled off the wonderful trick of presenting a genuinely innovative framework of understanding in a lucid, elegant manner. This is a cleverly interwoven contribution to theory and practice." - Julia Gillen, International Journal of Educational Psychology
"Their book brings together an impressive body of work spanning 20 years to explore how people (children and adults) work together to solve problems and create new understandings, termed 'interthinking'. It is framed within sociocultural theory, has roots in Vygotsky's developmental theory and brings together culture, social interaction, language and cognition. The authors develop this account of individual development to provide what they call a 'preliminary sketch' of collective thinking in groups." - Jane Barrett, The Open University, PLAT13(2)
