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Culture, context, and disability: A systematic literature review of cultural-historical activity theory-based studies on the teaching and learning of students with disabilities

, 2020
Research on teaching students with disabilities has historically been dominated by behaviorist and cognitive theories that privilege the individual as the unit of analysis (Conway & Artiles, 2005).
A. Bal, Federico R. Waitoller, Dian Mawene, A. Gorham   +3 more
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Understanding Cultural Historical Activity Theory

2010
This chapter will focus on the contributions of Lev Semenovich Vygotsky and post-Vygotskian scholars who played a critical role in the development of Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) and the emergence of activity systems analysis. I will begin with a discussion of the historical background that is related to the CHAT literature.
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Cultural historical activity theory and professional learning

International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2004
In this article I will discuss the route by which I came to work with Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT). The brief tracing of my own biography will highlight theoretical and methodological milestones. I will then discuss my current work, with colleagues, on approaches to investigating and improving the learning of professionals who are ...
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Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) as a Practical Lens to Guide Classroom Action Research in the Biology Classroom

The American history teacher, 2019
Classroom action research (CAR) represents a midpoint between teacher reflection at one end and traditional educational research at the other. CAR is a process in which a teacher identifies problems in the context of his or her own classroom and then ...
J. de Beer
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Linking complexity with cultural historical activity theory

International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2006
This paper explores the similarities and differences between complexity science’s and cultural–historical activity theory’s understandings of human learning. Notable similarities include their emphasis on the importance of social systems or collectives in understanding human knowledge and practices, as well as their characterization of systems ...
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Cross-cultural research in the cultural-historical activity theory tradition

2011
Introduction and purpose The purpose of this chapter is to create a dialogue between Russian and American research on the role of culture in the constitution of human psychological functioning. Collectively we share the ‘cultural-historical activity’ tradition, which takes its inspiration and initial empirical work from the studies carried out by L ...
Michael Cole, Boris G. Meshcheryakov, I. V. Ponomariov   +2 more
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The “Creativity Crisis” as a Mind in Crisis: A Cultural-Historical Activity Theory Position

Integrative Psychological and Behavioural Science, 2023
Mohamad El Maouch, Zheng Jin, Kaibin Zhao, Yujia Zhang   +3 more
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Applying cultural-historical activity theory to understand the development of inclusive curriculum practices in higher education

International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2018
One year after the implementation of an Inclusive Curriculum Capacity Building (ICCB) project in an Australian university Arts faculty, this paper revisits the curriculum, teaching staff and student outcomes, exploring what it takes to achieve lasting ...
Mary Dracup, J. Austin, T. King
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Cultural-Historical and Activity Theories Informing Early Childhood Education

2018
There are many theories that have informed early childhood education, including cultural-historical and activity theories. In this chapter, we present a discussion of cultural-historical and activity theories, beginning with the foundational logic that has informed both these theories – dialectical logic.
Marilyn Fleer, Nikolai Veresov
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Research Trends in Cultural-Historical Activity Theory in Korea

The Education Research Institute
This study aims to systematically examine research trends and derive major characteristics by analyzing 216 studies on Cultural-Historical Activity Theory published in domestic journals from 1998 to 2023. The study is divided into four stages: the introductory period (1998–2006), the exploration period (2007–2012), the settlement period (2013–2018 ...
Yang Joo Park, Na Ra Yun
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