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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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Expansive learning at work: Toward an activity theoretical reconceptualization.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the concept of expansive learning with the help of four questions: 1. Who are the subjects of learning, 2. Why do they learn, 3. What do they teach, and 4. How do they train?
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Speech Genres and Other Late Essays

TL;DR: Holquist as mentioned in this paper discusses the history of realism and the role of the Bildungsroman in the development of the novel in Linguistics, philosophy, and the human sciences.
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The Act of Creation

TL;DR: Koestler as mentioned in this paper examines the idea that we are at our most creative when rational thought is suspended, for example, in dreams and trancelike states, and concludes that "the act of creation is the most creative act in human history".
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Knowledge, Knowledge Work and Organizations: An Overview and Interpretation

TL;DR: The concept of knowledge is complex and its relevance to organization theory has been insuficiently developed as discussed by the authors, and there is current interest in the competitive advantage that knowledge may provide for organizations and in the significance of knowledge workers, organ izational competencies and knowledge intensive firms.
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Building Information Modeling (BIM): Trends, Benefits, Risks, and Challenges for the AEC Industry

TL;DR: Current trends, benefits, possible risks, and future challenges of BIM for the AEC industry are discussed and the findings of this study provide useful information for A EC industry practitioners considering implementing BIM technology in their projects.
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Design Experiments: Theoretical and Methodological Challenges in Creating Complex Interventions in Classroom Settings

TL;DR: The lion's share of my current research program is devoted to the study of learning in the blooming, buzzing confusion of inner-city classrooms, and central to the enterprise is that the classroom must function smoothly as a learning environment before the authors can study anything other than the myriad possible ways that things can go wrong.
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Objective knowledge : an evolutionary approach

TL;DR: Objective knowledge; an evolutionary approach, Objective knowledge; evolutionary approach as mentioned in this paper, evolutionary approach, کتابخانه دیجیتال و فن آوری اطلاعات دانشگاه امام صادق(ع)
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A Classic of Its Time@@@Labor and Monopoly Capital: The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century.

TL;DR: In this paper, Braverman analyzes the division of labour between the design and execution of industrial production, which underlies all our social arrangements, and provides insight into the labour process and the conviction to reject the reigning wisdoms of academic sociology.
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The Meaning of Meaning