At the end of the course, the students will
-master the key theoretical and methodological resources stemming from cultural-historical activity theory
-be able to carry out analyses of activities undergoing transformations
-be aware of formative interventionist tools to support learning and agency formation processes

The students will be introduced to:

-the 20-year Finnish research tradition of cultural-historical activity theory for work development and societal transformations

-the central epistemological principles and methodological tools of formative interventions

-analytical resources to trace and support emergent processes of expansive learning and transformative agency in communities, workplaces and educational institutions

In-class assignments, active participation in classroom discussions, quality of the analyses, quality of the argumentation in the classroom presentations and in the discussions

Sannino, A. & Engeström, Y. (2017). Relational agency, double stimulation and the object of activity: An intervention study in a primary school. In A. Edwards (Ed.), Working relationally in and across practices: Cultural-historical approaches to collaboration (pp. 58-77). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Sannino, A., Engeström, Y., & Lemos, M. (2016). Formative interventions for expansive learning and transformative agency. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 25(4), 599-633.

Sannino, A., Engeström, Y., & Lahikainen, J. (2016). The dialectics of authoring expansive learning: Tracing the long tail of a Change Laboratory. Journal of Workplace Learning, 28(4), 245-262.

Sannino, A. (2015). The principle of double stimulation: A path to volitional action. Learning, Culture, and Social Interaction, 6, 1-15.

Sannino, A. (2011). Activity theory as an activist and interventionist theory. Theory & Psychology, 21(5), 571-597.

Engeström, Y. & Sannino, A. (2010). Studies of expansive learning: Foundations, findings and future challenges. Educational Research Review, 5, 1-24.

Additional study materials from literature and from case studies will be provided during the course.

Max 20 students