Cleary it is no longer possible to think about learning without context. Although context
cannot be ignored anymore, educators often struggle to explain how people learn in and …

Western educational researchers have eagerly accepted activity theory (AT) also known as
cultural historical activity theory (CHAT) to collect and analyze data in rich description of …

Cultural–historical activity theory (CHAT) provides a powerful explanation of how young
people become functioning members of their local communities by participating in particular …

Since its inception as a field, the interdisciplinary nature of the Learning Sciences has led
researchers to leverage, develop, refine and debate a wide variety of theories to better …

This symposium takes as central the proposition that understanding peoples' participation in
cultural practices—as they are set within historical, social, and developmental processes—is …

The dominant form of pedagogy in the classrooms of America, Japan and other
industrialized countries continues to be whole-class instruction. The pervasive assumption is …

The promise of situated cognition Page 1 Learning and knowing are integrally and
inherently situated in the everyday world of human activity. The promise of situated …

This article conceptualizes and elaborates what constitutes learning experiences. It does so
from a perspective that centres on experiences as arising through relations between social …

In this chapter, we argue for a perspective on learning as the organizing of access to valued
social futures. Why think of learning in terms of organizing? Such a perspective, we believe …

The growing poverty and inequity in America should create a sense of urgency in
researchers to leverage what we know for the public good—to intervene more productively …