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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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Research in online learning environments: Priorities and methodologies
Semiral Öncü,Hasan Cakir +1 more
TL;DR: Four main research goals to pursue in online learning environments based on their impact on learner achievement, engagement, and retention (opposite of attrition) are identified.
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From workplace learning to inter‐organizational learning and back: the contribution of activity theory
Yrjö Engeström,Hannele Kerosuo +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors show how activity theory transcends the boundary between workplace learning and organizational learning, and how it enables a longitudinal and rich analysis of interorganizational learning and makes a specific contribution in outlining the historical transformation of work and organizations.
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A Comprehensive Understanding of Human Learning
TL;DR: In this paper, three principles guiding the development of two-year postgraduate programs in technological design at the Institute for Continuing Education of Eindhoven University of Technology (EUT) are discussed as a contribution to the establishment of quality standards in this area.
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A theory of collective competence: challenging the neo-liberal individualisation of performance at work
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that competence should be regarded as an attribute of groups, teams and communities, and propose a theory of collective competence in terms of making collective sense of events in the workplace, developing and using a collective knowledge base and developing a sense of interdependency.
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Power, mastery and organizational learning.
Frank Blackler,Seonaidh McDonald +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the links between power, expertise and organizational learning, and suggest that organizational learning can be conceptualized as the movement between familiar and emergent activities and between established and emerging social relations, where skills and imaginations are intertwined with social, technical and institutional structures.
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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.