Faculty of Education
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes:
At the end of the course, the students will
-master the key theoretical and methodological tools of cultural-historical activity theory
-be able to carry out analyses of activities undergoing transformations
-be aware of formative interventions as ways to support learning and agency formation processes
Contents:
The students will be introduced to
-the 20-year Finnish research tradition of cultural-historical activity theory for work development and societal transformations
-conceptual and methodological resources to trace and support emergent processes of expansive learning and transformative agency in communities, workplaces and educational institutions
General description
Modes of study: Participation in the lectures and seminars, and written assignments
Enrolment for University Studies
Enrollment at the latest on 16.1.2019.
Teachers
Teaching
Evaluation
Evaluation criteria
Evaluation criteria: In-class assignments, active participation in classroom discussions, quality of the argumentation in the classroom presentations and in the discussions
Study materials
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. (2011). Activity theory as an activist and interventionist theory. Theory & Psychology, 21(5), 571-597.
Additional study materials from literature and from case studies will be provided during the course.
Further information
This study module is available for all students in the University of Tampere. Max 20 students and 3 places from that are reserved for the students from the Open University teaching