Ch. 1. In praise of words -- Ch. 2. Fossils of old thoughts -- Ch. 3. Figuring things out with words -- Ch. 4. Delightful deceits in words? -- Ch. 5. Words, seeing, and seeing as ... -- Ch. 6. Ways of seeing and ways of talking -- Ch. 7. Interpretations and labels -- Ch. 8. Variation and change in meaning -- Ch. 9. Well, Mary, what are they saying here? -- Ch. 10. Questions of style -- Ch. 11. 'Discoveries', theories and 'facts' -- Ch. 12. Public knowledge and private understandings -- Afterword: How we talk about school learning.
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While not denying the value of first-hand experience in the learning process, the author argues for a reinstatement of words as instruments of understanding and shows that they cannot just be taken for granted while organizing practical work.