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 …

This article examines formative interventions as we understand them in cultural-historical
activity theory and reflects on key differences between this intervention research tradition …

The article presents central ideas and future challenges of cultural-historical activity theory,
focusing specifically on the work of the so-called Helsinki school of activity theory. We first …

A new challenge of learning in work organizations--both in business and public
administration--is to master entire life cycles of product, production and business concepts …

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 …

Changes and transformations in organisations are traditionally initiated by the management.
This approach does not, however, encourage the agency of all the members in an …

This article introduces key concepts of activity theory and expansive learning. Expansive
learning builds on the foundational ideas of the cultural–historical activity theory (CHAT). It is …

In traditional psychology, learning is studied at the level of the individual. This is true of
behaviorism, which studies behaviors of individual organisms, and also of cognitivism …

Resilient performance is a crucial characteristic of complex socio-technical systems,
enabling them to sustain essential functionality during changing or stressful conditions …

Bringing design-based research and activity-theoretical formative intervention research into
dialogue is commendable. William R. Penuel contributes to this effort by examining two …