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What is Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT)

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Encyclopedia of Information Technology Curriculum Integration
Addresses human activities as they relate to artifacts, shared practices, and institutions. It seeks to understand human activities as complex, socially situated phenomena.
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Activity Theory for Studying Technology Integration in Education
Lorna Uden (Staffordshire University, UK), Griff Richards (Simon Fraser University Surrey, Canada), and Dragan Gaševic (Simon Fraser University Surrey, Canada)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 8
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-881-9.ch003
Abstract
As can be seen, successful integration of technology into the classrooms depends on many factors. How do we study the effectiveness of technology integration in schools? We believe that cultural historical activity Activity Theory for Studying Technology Integration in Education a theory can be used as a framework to study the ICT integration processes in schools. This paper describes how learning activities in ICT-mediated classrooms must be understood in the context of larger socio-cultural issues. The structure of the paper is as follows. In the next section, we briefly review the use of technology for e-learning, followed by the impact of technology integration. A brief review of activity theory is then given, followed by how it can be used to study the effectiveness of technology integration. The final section of the paper presents the conclusion.
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Cultural Historical Activity Theory
Cultural historical activity theory offers a meta-theoretical philosophical basis and transdisciplinary perspective for analyzing diverse human practices in socio-cultural context and across multiple contexts and networks, as developmental processes in which individual, organizational, societal and cultural levels are dynamically inter-related
Published in Chapter: Cultural Historical Activity Theory; From: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Theoretical Models in Information Systems
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Collective CPD: Professional Learning in a Law Firm
The study of collective activity system of the firm, in a relevant and practical way so that interventions made contribute to the construction of new meanings which in turn lead towards greater understanding of the system.
Published in Chapter: Collective CPD: Professional Learning in a Law Firm; From: Handbook of Research on Knowledge-Intensive Organizations
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