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Exploring Sociocultural Perspectives on Race, Culture, and Learning

Stanford University

Victoria M. Hand

University of Wisconsin, Madison

This article explores the potential uses and extensions of sociocultural theoretical perspectives for integrating and further developing research on race, culture, and learning. Two bodies of literature are discussed and synthesized: (1) sociocultural theory and (2) studies on race, culture, and learning. The article proposes how a sociocultural lens might provide insight and suggests new lines of research on issues of race, culture, and learning. The authors argue for the extension of each of four lines of research in the sociocultural tradition: a concern with multiple levels of analysis, cultural practices as a unit of analysis, tools and artifacts as mediating action, and learning as shifts in social relations. In doing so, the authors raise critical questions for the field of education to consider.

Key Words: cultural activity • learning theory • minority students • race and power

Review of Educational Research, Vol. 76, No. 4, 449-475 (2006)
DOI: 10.3102/00346543076004449


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