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Deliberation behind closed doors: transparency and lobbying in the European Union [by Daniel Naurin] [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This book makes a refreshingly empirical contribution to discussions of the European Union and its democratic deficit, specifically on the possible role of increased transparency in alleviating the latter.
Parks, Louisa
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Who are the music student teachers in Norwegian generalist teacher education?

open access: yesNordic Research in Music Education, 2021
This study is based on data from a national survey of generalist student teachers specialising in music in the new five-year primary and lower secondary school teacher education programme in Norway.
Eyolf Thovsen Nysæther   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment Of Online Accreditation Of Engineering Programs: A Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) Analysis

open access: yes, 2023
This paper shows how Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) can provide a practical framework for online accreditation of engineering programmes in South Africa. Far from being inaccessible, CHAT can provide engineering accreditation bodies with a conceptual framework and theory of change for online accreditation of engineering programs. Within the
NYEMBWE, Kasongo Didier   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Strategies for expansive learning in sustainable farming initiatives: a CHAT analysis of a Dutch case

open access: yesInternational Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2020
A wide variety of public and private initiatives aim to support on-farm sustainable development. But these sustainable farming initiatives (SFIs) show considerable variation in their success to do so. To understand success factors and propose appropriate
Laure Triste   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rechenpraktiken Erwachsener in fluiden und instabilen Kontexten – eine Agenda für Bildung, Politik und Forschung?

open access: yesZeitschrift für Weiterbildungsforschung - Report, 2019
Zusammenfassung Rechenpraktiken sind immer vom konkreten sozialen Kontext, in dem sie erfolgen, abhängig. Dieser Kontext ist mit Blick auf technologische und sozio-politische Entwicklungen instabil.
Keiko Yasukawa, Jeff Evans
doaj   +1 more source

An interview with Yrjö Engeström and Annalisa Sannino on activity theory

open access: yesBellaterra Journal of Teaching & Learning Language & Literature, 2016
The authors interviewed professors Yrjö Engeström and Annalisa Sannino of CRADLE, University of Helsinki, in spring 2016 about activity theory.
Joan Ploettner, Eva Tresserras
doaj   +1 more source

‘I Don't Babysit’: Stay‐at‐Home Dads' Perspectives and Experiences Within Australian Society

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Stay‐at‐home‐dads are an emerging group in Australia, impacted by societal assumptions and expectations. However, there is a scarcity of research on the perspectives and experiences of fathers assuming stay‐at‐home dad roles within Australian society.
Elyse Manie   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

'Hinged' activity systems: Expanding the utility of activity theory

open access: yesNordic Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2018
As a derivative from Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT), where gaining insight into the circumstances of an activity is among its applications, this article pre-sents an approach to initiating and structuring activity system guided conversation ...
Lewis Hughes
doaj   +1 more source

Social Practice Theory and the Historical Production of Persons [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Working collaboratively we and others have developed a historical, material theory of social practice that integrates the study of persons, local practice, and long term historically institutionalized struggles.
Holland Dorothy, Lave Jean
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Quantitative assessment of masticatory muscles based on skull muscle attachment areas in Carnivora

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Masticatory muscles are composed of the temporalis, masseter, and pterygoid muscles in mammals. Each muscle has a different origin on the skull and insertion on the mandible; thus, all masticatory muscles contract in different directions. Collecting in vivo data and directly measuring the masticatory muscles anatomically in various Carnivora ...
Kai Ito   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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