| Studies in Expansive Learning: Learning What Is Not Yet There Contributor(s): Engeström, Yrjö (Author) |
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ISBN: 110710520X ISBN-13: 9781107105201 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $126.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology |
| Dewey: 371.39 |
| LCCN: 2015042014 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" (1.22 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Yrj Engestr m's exciting approach sees expansive learning as the central mechanism of transformation in societal practices and institutions. For researchers and practitioners in education, this book provides a conceptual and practical toolkit for creating and analyzing expansive learning processes with the help of interventions in workplaces, schools and communities. Chapters 1-3 situate the theory of expansive learning in the field of learning science. Chapters 4-8 contain empirical studies of expansive learning in various organizational settings (such as banks, schools and hospitals). In Chapters 9-10, the author looks at new challenges and possibilities arising from rapidly spreading 'wildfire' activities (disaster relief, for example) and from the methodology of formative interventions aimed at triggering and supporting expansive learning. This book provides an integrative account of recent empirical studies and conceptual developments in the theory of expansive learning, and serves as a companion volume to Learning by Expanding. |
Contributor Bio(s): Engestrom, Yrjo: - Yrj� Engestr�m is Professor of Adult Education and Director of the Center for Research on Activity, Development and Learning (CRADLE) at the University of Helsinki. He is also Professor Emeritus of Communication at the University of California, San Diego. Engestr�m applies and develops cultural-historical activity theory as a framework for the study of transformations and learning processes in work activities and organizations. He is widely known for his theory of expansive learning and for the interventionist methodology of developmental work research. His most recent books include From Teams to Knots: Activity-Theoretical Studies of Collaboration and Learning at Work and Learning by Expanding: An Activity-Theoretical Approach to Developmental Research. |