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Learning by Expanding

An Activity-Theoretical Approach to Developmental Research

Yrjo Engestrom author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:6th Jun '19

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The second edition of this seminal text illustrates the development and implementation of Yrjö Engeström's expansive learning activity theory.

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.Learning by Expanding challenges traditional theories that consider learning to be 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.

ISBN: 9781107640108

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm

Weight: 560g

337 pages

2nd Revised edition