Norms and Practices

by James D. Wallace

We spend a great deal of time learning our vocations and avocations as we work at jobs, participate in home life, and take part in civic activities and politics. In doing so, we engage in practices that consist of complex bodies of norms. These practices themselves are bodies of knowledge--often acquired from others--about what we take to be good ways or right ways to do certain things. As we learn how to solve problems and act on this knowledge,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801447194
• ISBN13: 9780801447198
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher