The Transformation of Learning: Advances in

The Transformation of Learning gives an overview of some significant advances of the cultural-historical activity theory, also known as CHAT in the educational domain. Developments are described with respect to the theoretical framework, as well as with respect to research. The book's main focus is on the evolution of the learning concept and school practices under the influence of cultural-historical activity theory. Activity theory has contributed to this transformation of the current views on learning, both conceptually and practically. It has provided us with a useful new approach to the understanding of learning in cultural contexts.

List of Contributors	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Introduction
Learning and Learning Theory from a Cultural-Historical Point of View	p. 3
Tenets of Activity Theory
Introduction to Section One: Exploring Vygotsky's Legacy: The Meaning of Mediation	p. 15
Multiple Readings of Vygotsky	p. 20
Exploring the Links between External and Internal Activity from a Cultural-Historical Perspective	p. 38
Reflections on Points of Departure in the Development of Sociocultural and Activity Theory	p. 58
Language in Cultural-Historical Perspective	p. 76
The Formation Experiment in the Age of Hypermedia and Distance Learning	p. 100
Constructivism and Meaning Construction	p. 127
Subject, Subjectivity, and Development in Cultural-Historical Psychology	p. 137
Identity, Diversity, And Inclusion
Introduction to Section Two: Identity, Diversity, and Inclusion	p. 157
Identity Shifts in Informal Learning Trajectories	p. 163
No Human Being Is Illegal: Counteridentities in a Community of Undocumented Mexican Immigrants and Children	p. 182
Cultural Identity and Emigration: A Study of the Construction of Discourse about Identity from Historical-Cultural Psychology	p. 201
Diversity in the Construction of Modes of Collaboration in Multiethnic Classrooms: Continuity and Discontinuity of Cultural Scripts	p. 219
"Discourse" in Cultural-Historical Perspective: Critical Discourse Analysis, CHAT, and the Study of Social Change	p. 242
Reason and Dialogue in Education	p. 273
Dynamics of Activity And The Variations Of Learning
Introduction to Section Three: Learning in Social Settings: Challenges for Sociocultural and Activity Theory	p. 289
Children's Learning through Participation in Institutional Practice: A Model from the Perspective of Cultural-Historical Psychology	p. 294
Dialogue for Reasoning: Promoting Exploratory Talk and Problem Solving in the Primary Classroom	p. 319
What Kinds of Tools and Resources Are Made Available to Students through Effective Guidance in a Student-Scientist Partnership Program?	p. 342
Girls on the Sidelines: "Gendered" Development in Early Childhood Classrooms	p. 358
Inscripting Predicates: Dealing with Meanings in Play	p. 370
Pretend Play and Preschoolers	p. 380
Index	p. 399
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