Activity Theory in Education : Research and Practice / / by Dilani S. P. Gedera, P. John Williams.
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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| Place / Publishing House: | Rotterdam : : SensePublishers :, Imprint: SensePublishers,, 2016. |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. 2016. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (200 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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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. .