My notes taken at the University of Cape Town at a seminar given by Prof. Sten Ludvigsen of the University of Oslo
Notes:
When using Activity Theory based research you need to ask yourself – What is new?
Best for:
- Empirical research
- In a regulated environment (like schools or workplaces)
- In complex situations
Activity Theory is an idea of:
- Object orientation
- Mutual constitution
- Mediation by tools and signs
- Historicity
- Multi-voicedness of activity
- Contradictions as source of change
- Zone of proximal development ~ expansion
Drawn on 3rd November 2010 by Ian Barbour