Learning By Expanding - An Activity-Theoretical Approach to Developmental Research

Learning by Expanding challenges traditional theories that confine learning to specific tasks or problems. Yrjoe Engestroem argues that this approach fails to meet the challenges of social change, or to create novel artifacts and ways of life. He presents an innovative theory of expansive learning activity that transforms existing social practices.

List of contents

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.

About the author

Yrjö Engeström is Professor of Adult Education and the director of the Center for Research on Activity, Development and Learning (CRADLE) at the University of Helsinki. He is also Professor Emeritus of Communication at the University of California, San Diego. Engeström is author of From Teams to Knots: Activity-Theoretical Studies of Collaboration and Learning at Work (Cambridge, 2008).

Summary

Learning by Expanding challenges traditional theories that confine learning to specific tasks or problems. Yrjö Engeström argues that this approach fails to meet the challenges of social change, or to create novel artifacts and ways of life. He presents an innovative theory of expansive learning activity that transforms existing social practices.

Product details

• Authors: Yrjoe (University of Helsinki) Engestroem, Yrjo Engestrom, Yrjö Engeström
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781107640108
• ISBN: 978-1-107-64010-8
• No. of pages: 337
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Education, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, Psychology, EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, EDUCATION / Learning Styles, Educational psychology, Child & developmental psychology, Organizational theory & behaviour, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / General, Organizational theory and behaviour, Educational: Sciences, General Science