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Learning by expanding: An activity-theoretical approach to developmental research
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This chapter discusses the emergence of learning activity as a historical form of human learning and the zone of proximal development as the basic category of expansive research.Abstract:
1. Introduction 2. The emergence of learning activity as a historical form of human learning 3. The zone of proximal development as the basic category of expansive research 4. The instruments of expansion 5. Toward an expansive methodology 6. Epilogue.read more
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Social structures in the operating theatre: how contradicting rationalities and trust affect work.
TL;DR: Organizing work to promote cross-professional interaction can help the creation of social relations and norms, providing support for a common view, and help to decrease communication thresholds and establish stronger relations of trust.
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Learning in Complex Organizations as Practicing and Reflecting: A Model Development and Application from a Theory of Practice Perspective.
TL;DR: In this paper, a case study of learning and development in production at a pharmaceutical company shows how these theoretical aspects can be applied in the working context of a complex organization, and suggests that learning through corporate practicing in a process simulation which takes place in the original working context leads to intensive reflection between participants.
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From Hand Drawings to Computer Visuals: Confronting Situated and Institutionalized Practices in an Architecture Firm
TL;DR: This study of the impact of off-the-shelf three-dimensional rendering software on the daily practice of architects in a small, highly regarded firm explores the incompatibility between these different levels of practice.
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From developmental constructivism to sociocultural theory and practice: An expansive analysis of teachers' professional learning in early childhood education
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the appropriation of sociocultural theory by a group of Australian early childhood educators participating in a professional development program informed by Developmental Work Research (DWR).
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Using theoretical perspectives in developing understanding of TPACK
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the literature on the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK) framework is presented, which is a conceptual framework to describe the knowledge base for teachers to effectively teach with technology.
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Mind in Society: The Development of Higher Psychological Processes
TL;DR: In this paper, Cole and Scribner discuss the role of play in children's development and play as a tool and symbol in the development of perception and attention in a prehistory of written language.
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Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases
Amos Tversky,Daniel Kahneman +1 more
TL;DR: The authors described three heuristics that are employed in making judgements under uncertainty: representativeness, availability of instances or scenarios, and adjustment from an anchor, which is usually employed in numerical prediction when a relevant value is available.
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The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action
Barry Checkoway,Donald A. Schön +1 more
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Thought and language
TL;DR: Kozulin has created a new edition of the original MIT Press translation by Eugenia Hanfmann and Gertrude Vakar that restores the work's complete text and adds materials that will help readers better understand Vygotsky's meaning and intentions as discussed by the authors.