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Learning by expanding : (Record no. 31640)

INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781107074422
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Call number 371.39 EN LE
MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Authors Engestrom, Yrjo,
Dates 1948-,
TITLE STATEMENT
Title Learning by expanding :
Subtitle an activity-theoretical approach to developmental research /
Statement of responsibility, etc Yrjo Engestrom
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition 2nd ed.
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication Cambridge :
Publisher Cambridge University Press,
Date c2015.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xxxvii, 299 p. :
Other Details ill. ;
Size 24 cm.
CONTENTS
Contents Machine generated contents note: 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.
SUMMARY
Summary "First published in 1987, Learning by Expanding challenges traditional theories that consider learning a process of acquisition and reorganization of cognitive structures within the closed boundaries of specific tasks or problems. Yrjö Engeström argues that this type of learning increasingly fails to meet the challenges of complex social change and fails to create novel artifacts and ways of life. In response, he presents an innovative theory of expansive learning activity, offering a foundation for understanding and designing learning as a transformation of human activities and organizations. The second edition of this seminal text features a substantive new introduction that illustrates the development and implementation of Engeström's theory since its inception"--
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Active learning
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Learning, Psychology of
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier https://uowd.box.com/s/zih8cop3mqq547mid4nh84q8if4lv4a6
Public note Location Map
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Holdings
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        University of Wollongong in Dubai University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 2017-07-26 AMAUK 371.39 EN LE T0056768 2017-07-02 2017-07-02 REGULAR

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