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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.
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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.

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Emerging E‐Trends and Models in Teacher Education and Professional Development

TL;DR: This article identified and analyzed emerging trends and models in e-learning for teacher education and professional development from the developing research base; both international trends and current developments in the Asia-Pacific region are described.
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Cultural historical activity theory and professional learning

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the route by which they came to work with Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) and discuss their current work, with colleagues, on approaches to investigate and improve the learning of professionals who are involved in interagency work, which intends to reduce the risks of social exclusion for marginal groups.

Pedagogic Approaches to Using Technology for Learning Literature Review

TL;DR: This literature review is intended to address and support teaching qualifications and CPD through identifying new and emerging pedagogies and looking at new developments in teacher training qualifications to ensure they are at the cutting edge of learning theory and classroom practice.
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Multimodal map making with young children: exploring ethnographic and participatory methods

TL;DR: In this article, a longitudinal study involving young children and adults in the design and review of learning environments was conducted, where they explored mapmaking, one of the methods used in the Mosaic approach as a site of multi-modal communication.
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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

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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Thought and language

Lev Vygotsky
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.