Activity Theory in Education Research and Practice /

Activity Theory in Education: Research and Practice brings together cutting-edge scholars from a number of continents. Through in-depth case studies the authors highlight how Activity Theory is used in education and discuss the theoretical as well as pragmatic use of Activity Theory frameworks in a...

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Main Authors: Gedera, Dilani S. P. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Williams, P. John. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-387-2
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • The Vygotsky Project in Education – The Theoretical Foundations for Analysing the Relations between the Personal, Institutional and Societal Conditions for Studying Development
  • Section I: Empirical Research on Using Activity Theory in Analysing Students’ and Teachers’ Experiences of Learning and Teaching in Face-to-Face, Blended and Fully Online Learning Contexts
  • Using Activity Theory to Understand Student Teacher Perceptions of Effective Ways for Promoting Critical Thinking through Asynchronous Discussion Forums
  • The Standard Child: National Testing Made Complex through the Lens of Cultural-Historical Activity Theory
  • Section II: Insights in Identifying Historical and Systemic Tensions in Educational Contexts Using Activity Theory
  • The Application of Activity Theory in Identifying Contradictions in a University Blended Learning Course
  • Systemic Tensions in American Teacher Unions: An Activity Systems Analysis of Teacher Unions and Their Role in Society
  • An Activity Theoretical Approach towards Distributed Leadership for One-to-One Computing in a Singapore Elementary School
  • Section III: Understanding Conceptual and Contextual Aspects of Educational Contexts through Activity Theory
  • The Interactions between Emotion, Cognition, and Action in the Activity of Assessing Undergraduates’ Written Work
  • Turning Challenges into Opportunities: Investigating Technology Integration in Tertiary Level English Language Programmes through the Lens of Activity Theory
  • Activity Theory and Online Community Education for Sustainability: When Systems Meet Reality
  • Activity Theory Tools: What about Organisational Culture?
  • Section IV: Application of Activity Theory in Understanding Teachers’ PCK and Curriculum Development
  • Exploring Teacher Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) Development Using CoRes (Content Representations)
  • Teachers Designing Classroom Curriculum through the Lens of Cultural-Historical Activity Theory. .