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What is Activity Theory
1.
The
theory
of socio-cultural, mediated human
activity
, evolved from late 1800s, currently a multi-faceted tradition with several sub-traditions.
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2.
The
theory
of socio-cultural, mediated human
activity
, evolved from late 1800s, currently a multi-faceted tradition with several sub-traditions.
Learn more in: Researching an Activity-Driven Approach to Information Systems Development
3.
Activity theory
provides a conceptual framework with which to understand the inter-relationships between activities, actions and artefacts, actors’ motives and goals, and aspects of the social, organizational and societal contexts within which these activities are framed.
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4.
A theoretical approach that analyzes how a subject’s mediation of tools to achieve an objective is heavily grounded in and affected by the rules and divisions of labor of the subject’s community.
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5.
An approach which proposes that human
activity
aims at accomplishing certain outcomes through the help of artifacts and other resources.?
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6.
A theoretical framework, inspired by the Russian socio-historical psychology school, which focuses on the cultural and technical mediation of human
activity
.
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7.
A conceptual and methodological framework of a person's knowledge and mediation functions to examine social reality in the field of
activity
through socio-cultural research.
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8.
Socio-cultural
theory
initiated by Vygotsky and his colleagues, based on the idea that human
activity
is situated in social context and mediated by psychological and physical instruments such as language, dancing, books, or computers.
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9.
Activity theory
, grounded in the 1920’s work of Lev Vygotsky and his student Leontiev (who is often credited as the founder of
activity theory
), brings to the fore that human
activity
, unlike the animal
activity
investigated by Pavlov is more than just stimulus and response. Rather, human
activity
is purposeful, consists of actions and involves the use of tools which mediate the
activity
(and vice versa).
Activity
, as understood in
activity theory
is a conscious action.
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10.
A system that connects contextual factors, such as individuals, groups, work settings, rules, and tools
Learn more in: A Scenario-Based Instructional Design Model
11.
A conceptual and methodological framework for studying individual subjects and the social reality they reside within through socio-cultural examinations of the mediating activities.
Learn more in: Audience, User, Producer: MOOCs as Activity Systems
12.
A socio-technical
theory
concerned with human activities development and their consciousness.
Learn more in: Deployment of Enterprise Architecture From the Activity Theory Perspective
13.
A descriptive framework for studying the contextual aspects of different practices, linking the individual and social dimensions of that practice.
Learn more in: Activity Theory and the Design of Pedagogic Planning Tools
14.
Activity Theory
is a framework for studying different forms of human praxis as developmental processes, with both individual and social levels interlinked.
Learn more in: Online Human Activity Networks (OnHANs): An Analysis Based on Activity Theory
15.
A conceptual and methodological framework for studying individual subjects and the social reality they reside within through socio-cultural examinations of the mediating activities.
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16.
A framework describing a system of goal-directed human action that accounts for the environment.
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17.
Is a psychological framework, with its roots in Vygotsky’s cultural-historical psychology. Its goal is to explain the mental capabilities of a single human being. However, it rejects the isolated human being as an adequate unit of analysis, focusing instead on cultural and technical mediation of human
activity
.
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18.
A critical lens employed to describe the individual and social conditions that inform an outcome as mediated by an object.
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19.
The division of labor between a community and the subjects participating in the work.
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20.
A
theory
that posits a relationship between a subject (person) and an object, with mediational means.
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21.
This focuses on the interaction of human
activity
and the human mind in a relevant environmental context. In
activity theory
there is no separating the
activity
from the context (Jonassen & Rohrer-Murphy, 1999).
Learn more in: Creating Supportive Multimedia Learning Environments
22.
A socio-technical
theory
concerned with human activities development and their consciousness.
Learn more in: Deployment of Enterprise Architecture From the Activity Theory Perspective
23.
A descriptive meta-
theory
or framework. It considers an entire work or
activity
system and the motive for the
activity
in AT is created through the tensions and contradictions within elements of the system.
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24.
The
theory
of
activity
was proposed by Aleksey Leontiev, disciple and colleague of Lev. S Vygotsky. In this
theory
human
activity
is used as the unit of analysis. It basically presents a socio-cultural and socio-historical framework to comprehend complex human systems. Its aim is to analyze human beings and their social systems in their natural habitats through the study of their activities (Kaptelinin and Nardi, 2006). Human
activity
is here understood as a triangular relation between a subject, the object of its
activity
and the mediating tools, physical or psychological, employed to do the
activity
. This perspective gives an entirely different view to the use of technology in the learning process because here technology is not conceptualized as a mere optional object, but rather relates a subject with his end purpose.
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25.
Activity theory
is aimed at understanding the mental capabilities of a single human being. However, it rejects the isolated human being as an adequate unit of analysis, focusing instead on cultural and technical mediation of human
activity
.
Learn more in: Active Learning Online
26.
A psychological meta-
theory
initiated by a group of revolutionary Russian psychologists in the 1920s and 1930s, mainly L.S. Vygotsky and his colleagues A. R. Luria and A. N. Leont’ev. Basic principles of
Activity Theory
include object-orientedness, the dual concepts of internalization/externalization, tool mediation, hierarchical structure of
activity
, and continuous development.
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27.
A group of theories created by Lev Vygotsky, Alexei Leontiev and Sergei Rubinstein as a way to understand human behaviour as it relates to systems of work activities.
Learn more in: A Product System for Meaningful Work, Rehabilitation, and Social Well-Being in Correctional Contexts
28.
A meta-model or framework used to describe, theorise and research organised human activities, originating from Soviet cultural-historical psychology in the 1920’s.
Learn more in: Dynamic and Context-Aware Process Adaptation
29.
A psychological
theory
for understanding human
activity
in a socio-cultural context. The
theory
is originally developed by L. S. Vygotsky and A. N. Leont’ev and originates from Soviet psychology.
Learn more in: WebCom: A Model for Understanding Web Site Communication
30.
A psychological
theory
for understanding human
activity
in a socio-cultural context. The
theory
is originally developed by L. S. Vygotsky and A. N. Leont’ev and originates from Soviet psychology.
Learn more in: WebCom: A Model for Understanding Web Site Communication
31.
A sociocultural historical analytic framework founded on the ideas of Leontyev, Engeström, and others. The framework has six elements: subject, object, artifact, praxis, community, and roles.
Learn more in: Designing a Computational Model of Learning
32.
The framework or meta-
theory
that helps to understand why and how individual(s) is (are) doing what in a cultural and historical context in which is (are) immersed.
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