This chapter discusses a series of studies of expansive learning in formal school settings.
The theory of expansive learning puts the primacy on communities as learners, on …

The article outlines four generations of theorizing and research on work and learning within
the Finnish school of activity theory. The main focus of the paper is on the evolution of the …

While contemporary literature understands double stimulation primarily as a method to study
specific mental functions with the help of two types of stimuli, this article points at two under …

Anna Sfard (1998) suggested two basic metaphors of learning compete for dominance
today: the acquisition metaphor and the participation metaphor. The key dimension …

This article presents arguments used in current discussions on potential shortcomings of
contemporary works within activity theory concerning subjectivity and the use of conceptual …

This article takes a broadly sociocultural perspective on the development of an Armenian
English as a foreign language (EFL) teacher. It focuses on how experiences and actions …

In the light of the substantial surge of interest in identity in L2 teacher research, it has
become necessary to explore the inner dynamics of the development/construction of the …

We report a follow-up study on seven arm amputees in whom magnetic source imaging had
originally revealed a strong correlation between the amount of cortical invasion of the …

The core argument in this paper is that all research schools and theoretical frameworks carry
with them–and, importantly, also within them, as their inherent dimensions–particular ethical …

Vygotsky refers to a waiting experiment and uses it as an example to conceptualize double
stimulation as human beings' ability to willfully transform conflictual circumstances with the …