Activity Theory, Authentic Learning and Emerging Technologies

Towards a transformative higher education pedagogy

Joanne Hardman editor Jan Herrington editor Vivienne Bozalek editor Denise Wood editor Dick Ng’ambi editor Alan Amory editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:24th Sep '14

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Although emerging technologies are becoming popularised for teaching, learning and research, the relationship between their use and transformative effects on higher education remain largely unexplored. This edited collection seeks to fill this gap by providing a nuanced view, locating higher education pedagogical practices at an intersection of emerging technologies, authentic learning and activity systems.

Providing numerous case studies as examples, the book draws from a wide range of contexts to illustrate how such a convergence has the potential to track transformative teaching and learning practices in the higher education sector. Chapters provide the reader with a variety of transformative higher education pedagogical practices in southern contexts, theorised within the framework of Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) and tool mediation, while using authentic learning as a pedagogical model upon which this theoretical framework is based.

The topics covered in the book have global relevance, with research paying particular attention to South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, where the authors are based. The book will be of interest to educators, researchers and practitioners in higher education, as well as those interested in emerging technologies in education more generally.

ISBN: 9781138778597

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Weight: 521g

272 pages