Activity, Consciousness, and Personality

Activity, Consciousness, and Personality
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Publisher : Prentice Hall
Total Pages : 186
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:475653823
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Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis Activity, Consciousness, and Personality by : Alekseĭ Nikolaevich Leontʹev

Learning and Expanding with Activity Theory

Learning and Expanding with Activity Theory
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 391
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ISBN-10 : 9780521760751
ISBN-13 : 0521760755
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis Learning and Expanding with Activity Theory by : Anna Lisa Sannino

This book is a collection about cultural-historical activity theory as it has been developed and applied by Yrjö Engeström. The work of Engeström is both rooted in the legacy of Vygotsky and Leont'ev and focuses on current research concerns that are related to learning and development in work practices. His publications cross various disciplines and develop intermediate theoretical tools to deal with empirical questions. In this volume, Engeström's work is used as a springboard to reflect on the question of the use, appropriation, and further development of the classic heritage within activity theory. The book is structured as a discussion among senior scholars, including Y. Engeström himself. The work of the authors pushes on classical activity theory to address pressing issues and critical contradictions in local practices and larger social systems.

Applied and Systemic-Structural Activity Theory

Applied and Systemic-Structural Activity Theory
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Publisher : CRC Press
Total Pages : 402
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ISBN-10 : 9780429881251
ISBN-13 : 0429881258
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis Applied and Systemic-Structural Activity Theory by : Gregory Z. Bedny

This book presents new data in Applied Activity Theory (AAT) and Systemic-Structural Activity Theory (SSAT), that can be used in the study of human performance. The SSAT is the high-level generality theory that offers standardized principles of the analyses of human activity. These principles can be utilized in theoretical and applied studies. This multi-contributed book offers a selection of works that will provide a holistic picture of the field. The new data can be utilized for the study of extremely complex human-machine and human-computer interaction systems, and for evaluation of efficiency, complexity, and reliability of such systems at the design stage. Features Shows examples of self-regulative models of various cognitive processes Illustrates a method of study of production process in the construction industry Includes topics on learning, training, and management Covers a new method of computer based automated support of decision making under risk and uncertainty Presents a new method of evaluation of probabilistic structure of tasks, and the method of assessing reliability of human performance

An Introduction to Vygotsky

An Introduction to Vygotsky
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 390
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ISBN-10 : 9781134795512
ISBN-13 : 1134795513
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis An Introduction to Vygotsky by : Harry Daniels

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Activity Theory in Practice

Activity Theory in Practice
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 257
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ISBN-10 : 9781136031663
ISBN-13 : 1136031669
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis Activity Theory in Practice by : Harry Daniels

This ground-breaking book brings together cutting-edge researchers who study the transformation of practice through the enhancement and transformation of expertise. This is an important moment for such a contribution because expertise is in transition - moving toward collaboration in inter-organizational fields and continuous shaping of transformations. To understand and master this transition, powerful new conceptual tools are needed and are provided here. The theoretical framework which has shaped these studies is Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT). CHAT analyses how people and organisations learn to do something new, and how both individuals and organisations change. The theoretical and methodological tools used have their origins in the work of Lev Vygotsky and A.N. Leont’ev. In recent years this body of work has aroused significant interest across the social sciences, management and communication studies. Working as part of an integrated international team, the authors identify specific findings which are of direct interest to the academic community, such as: the analysis of vertical learning between operational and strategic levels within complex organizations; the refinement of notions of identity and subject position within CHAT; the introduction of the concept of ‘labour power’ into CHAT; the development of a method of analysing discourse which theoretically coheres with CHAT and the design of projects. Activity Theory in Practice will be highly useful to practitioners, researchers, students and policy-makers who are interested in conceptual and empirical issues in all aspects of ‘activity-based’ research.

Cultural-Historical and Critical Psychology

Cultural-Historical and Critical Psychology
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 202
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ISBN-10 : 9789811522093
ISBN-13 : 981152209X
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Cultural-Historical and Critical Psychology by : Marilyn Fleer

This book opens up a critical dialogue within and across the theoretical traditions of critical psychology and cultural-historical psychology. It explores and addresses fundamental issues and problems within both traditions, with a view to identifying new avenues for productive discussion and cooperation between these two important movements in contemporary psychology. Accordingly, the book gathers contributions from a range of internationally respected researchers from both fields who have demonstrated a willingness to look critically, and self-critically, at their theoretical allegiances and trajectories. This book provides readers with the opportunity to both appreciate and reflect on fundamental differences of perspective across the ‘cultural-historical’/’critical’ psychology divide and, thereby, to consider and debate key issues facing the discipline of psychology more generally.

Soviet Psychology

Soviet Psychology
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 282
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ISBN-10 : 9781317237860
ISBN-13 : 1317237862
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Soviet Psychology by : John McLeish

Originally published in 1975, this title sets out to show us the differences between Soviet and other ways of thinking about nature, man, and society. The basic factor distinguishing Soviet psychology is that it views phenomena from the perspective of a highly articulated body of theoretical assumptions, and rejects the inductive ‘eclecticism’ of Western psychology. The theoretical framework within which Soviet psychology functions is the product of a distinctive socio-political and cultural development in Russia profoundly shaped by the institutions of autocracy and Orthodox religion, and the economic system of serfdom, and the radical revolt which grew up in opposition to this and advocated materialism, secularism, and atheism. This radical philosophic tradition in Russia, best represented by the writings of Chernishevski, fused with the doctrines of Marxism and the new science of behaviour developed by Sechenov and Pavlov to create the theoretical framework of Soviet psychology. The book also analyses the discussions, controversies, and decrees which are at the root of the contemporary science of behaviour in the Soviet Union, and points to the impressive body of empirical knowledge which has arisen. Soviet Psychology is unique in presenting Soviet psychology from an ‘inside’ point of view, and in making us appreciate the strongly theoretical stance of Soviet psychology which Professor McLeish claims is unlikely to be much influenced by the new atmosphere of détente.

The Heart of the Matter

The Heart of the Matter
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 416
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ISBN-10 : 9789004544253
ISBN-13 : 9004544259
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis The Heart of the Matter by : David Bakhurst

The Heart of the Matter explores the legacies of Ilyenkov and Vygotsky, two Russian thinkers who marshalled their passion for truth, enlightenment and independent thought to understand the human mind, not for the sake of knowledge alone, but to help create the conditions in which human flourishing can become a reality for all. The book renders their theories intelligible against the dramatic social and historical background in which they lived and worked, bringing their ideas into dialogue with themes and thinkers in Western philosophy to reveal how they illuminate philosophical issues of enduring significance.

Application of Systemic-Structural Activity Theory to Design and Training

Application of Systemic-Structural Activity Theory to Design and Training
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Publisher : CRC Press
Total Pages : 438
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ISBN-10 : 9781482258035
ISBN-13 : 148225803X
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis Application of Systemic-Structural Activity Theory to Design and Training by : Gregory Z. Bedny

This book offers analytical methods for studying human work in ergonomics and psychology that are similar to ones utilized by the engineering sciences. SSAT offers not only new qualitative but also formalized and quantitative methods of analysis. This book will describe quantitative methods of task complexity and reliability assessment, application

Activity Theory in Education

Activity Theory in Education
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 200
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ISBN-10 : 9789463003872
ISBN-13 : 9463003878
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis Activity Theory in Education by : Dilani S. P. Gedera

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 range of contemporary learning contexts. The first section of the book focuses on empirical research on using Activity Theory in analysing students’ and teachers’ experiences of learning and teaching in face-to-face and online learning contexts. The second section contains insights in identifying historical and systemic tensions in educational contexts using Activity Theory. The third section discusses conceptual and contextual aspects of educational contexts through Activity Theory, and Section four discusses the application of Activity Theory in understanding teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge and curriculum development. In spite of the widespread and rapidly increasing use of Activity Theory in educational research, few collections of this work are available. Activity Theory in Education: Research and Practice is such a much needed collection of practical experiences, theoretical insights and empirical research findings on the use of Activity Theory in educational settings.” – Yrjö Engeström, Centre for Research on Activity, Development and Learning (CRADLE), The University of Helsinki.