Learning by Expanding: An Activity-Theoretical Approach to Developmental Research

by Yrjö Engeström

Book Overview

First published in 1987, Learning by Expanding challenges traditional theories that consider learning a process of acquisition and reorganization of cognitive structures within the closed boundaries of specific tasks or problems. Yrj Engestr m 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107640105
• ISBN13: 9781107640108
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 337 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"