Through using spoken language, people are able to think
creatively and productively together. This ability to interthink is
an important product of our evolutionary history that is just as
important for our survival today. Many kinds of work activity
depend on the success of groups or teams finding joint solutions to
problems. Creative achievement is rarely the product of solitary
endeavour, but of people working within a collective
enterprise.
Written in an accessible and jargon-free style, Interthinking:
putting talk to work explores the growing body of work on how
people think creatively and productively together. Challenging
purely individualistic accounts of human evolution and cognition,
its internationally acclaimed authors provide analyses of real-life
examples of collective thinking in everyday settings including
workplaces, schools, rehearsal spaces and online environments.
The authors use socio-cultural psychology to explain the
processes involved in interthinking, to explore its creative power,
but also to understand why collective thinking isn t always
productive or successful. With this knowledge we can maximise the
constructive benefits of our ability to interthink, and understand
the best ways in which we can help young people to develop, nurture
and value that capability.
This book will be of great interest to academic researchers,
postgraduates and undergraduates on Education and Psychology
courses and to practicing teachers. It will also appeal to anyone
with an interest in language, creativity and the role of psychology
in everyday life.
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