Activity Theory in Practice : Promoting Learning Across Boundaries and Agencies

This ground-breaking book brings together cutting-edge researchers who study the transformation of practice through the enhancement and transformation of expertise. This is an important moment for such a contribution because expertise is in transition - moving toward collaboration in inter-organizational fields and continuous shaping of transformations. To understand and master this transition, powerful new conceptual tools are needed and are provided here. The theoretical framework which has shaped these studies is Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT). CHAT analyses how people

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Daniels, Harry
Other Persons:	Edwards, Anne (contributor) ; Engeström, Yrjo (contributor) ; Gallagher, Tony (contributor) ; Ludvigsen, Sten R. (contributor)
Publisher:	Hoboken : Taylor and Francis

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (256 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record CONTENTS; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 From diagnosis to clients: constructing the object ofcollaborative development between physiotherapyeducators and workplaces; 2 The meaning of physical presence: an analysis of theintroduction of process-optimisation software in achemical pulp mill; 3 Towards co-configuration in home care of the elderly:cultivating agency by designing and implementing theMobility Agreement 4 Expansive learning, expansive labour: conceptualisingthe social production of labour-power withinmulti-agency working5 Identifying learning in interprofessional discourse:the development of an analytic protocol; 6 Implicit or invisible mediation in the developmentof interagency work; 7 Working relationally at organisational boundaries:negotiating expertise and identity; 8 Breaking through silence: tackling controversial barriersthrough interprofessional engagement; 9 Agency vs constraint: the role of external agencies ininterprofessional engagement 10 Adaptation and generalisation in software product development11 Joint designs for working in wikis: a case of practicingacross settings and modes of work; Index
ISBN:	978-0-415-47724-6 ; 978-1-136-03166-3 ; 978-0-415-47724-6
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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