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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814912203321

Titolo

The transformation of learning : advances in cultural-historical activity theory / / edited by Bert van Oers [and three others] [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008

ISBN

1-107-17949-1

1-281-25460-6

9786611254605

0-511-38703-2

0-511-38599-4

0-511-38416-5

0-511-38236-7

0-511-49993-0

0-511-38802-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 401 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

370.15/23

Soggetti

Learning - Philosophy

Educational anthropology

Cognition and culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Learning and learning theory from a cultural-historical point of view / Bert van Oers -- Tenets of activity theory -- Exploring Vygotsky's legacy : the meaning of mediation / René van der Veer -- Multiple readings of Vygotsky / René van der Veer -- Exploring the links between external and internal activity from a cultural-historical perspective / Igor Arievitch -- Reflections on points of departure in the development of sociocultural and activity theory / Harry Daniels -- Language in cultural-historical perspective / Peter Jones -- The formation experiment in the age of hypermedia and distance learning / Hartmut Giest -- Constructivism and meaning construction / Ronald Arendt -- Subject, subjectivity, and development in cultural-historical



psychology / Fernando González Rey -- Identity, diversity, and inclusion -- Identity, diversity, and inclusion / Wim Wardekker -- Identity shifts in informal learning trajectories / Anne Edwards and Lin Mackenzie -- No human being is illegal : counter-identities in a community of undocumented Mexican immigrants / Jocelyn Solis -- Cultural identity and emigration / Beatriz Macías Gómez Estern, Josué García Amián, and José Antonio Sánchez Medina -- Diversity in the construction of modes of collaboration in multi-ethnic classrooms : continuity and interruption of cultural scripts / Mariette de Haan and Ed Elbers -- "Discourse" in cultural-historical perspective : critical discourse analysis, Chat, and the study of social change /Chik Collins -- Reason and dialogue in education / Rupert Wegerif -- Dynamics of activity and the variations of learning -- Learning in social settings : challenges for sociocultural and activity theory / Ed Elbers -- Children's learning through participation in institutional practice : a model from the perspective of cultural-historical psychology / Mariane Hedegaard -- Dialogue for reasoning : promoting exploratory talk and problem solving in the primary classroom / Sylvia Rojas-Drummond, Laura Gómez, and Maricela Vélez -- What kinds of tools and resources are made available to students through effective guidance in a student-scientist partnership program? / Jrène Rahm, Wendy Naughton, and John C. Moore -- Girls on the side-lines : "gendered" development in early childhood classrooms / Sonja de Groot Kim -- Inscripting predicates : dealing with meanings in play / Bert van Oers -- Pretend play and preschoolers / Ricardo Ottoni Vaz Japiassu.

Sommario/riassunto

The Transformation of Learning gives an overview of some significant advances of the cultural-historical activity theory, also known as CHAT in the educational domain. Developments are described with respect to both the theoretical framework and research. The book's main focus is on the evolution of the learning concept and school practices under the influence of cultural-historical activity theory. Activity theory has contributed to this transformation of views on learning, both conceptually and practically. It has provided us with a useful approach to the understanding of learning in cultural contexts.