Activity Theory and Collaborative Intervention in Education: Expanding Learning in Japanese Schools and Communities

This book explores new forms of educational activities as collaborative interventions in schools and communities, using cultural-historical activity theory and expansive learning theory. It covers four cases of activity-theoretical formative intervention studies in Japan, showing how the general theoretical framework can be applied to understand the Japanese context and the universal relevance of the Japanese context on broader international research.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 154 pages
Publication date: 29 August 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book explores innovative approaches to education by integrating cultural-historical activity theory and expansive learning theory. By examining educational research through these lenses, it sheds light on new forms of collaborative interventions in schools and communities where learners and practitioners engage in expansive learning, enabling them to collectively transform their activities and enhance their agency. The book covers four case studies conducted in Japan, focusing on fostering children's expansive learning in classroom lessons, teachers as collaborative change agents in redesigning schools, expanding the school activity from below, and emerging knotworking agency in community-based disaster prevention learning.

Utilizing activity theory as a comprehensive theoretical framework for human learning and development, the book connects focal data from empirical and interventional studies on real human learning in specific educational settings in Japan. This approach illustrates how the general theoretical framework can be applied to understand the unique socio-cultural milieu of Japan, while also demonstrating the universal relevance of the Japanese context of educational activity to broader international research.

In conclusion, this book offers a fresh understanding of educational activities as collaborative interventions in the expansion of learning. It provides a cohesive framework that recognizes the agentic and hybrid nature of these activities, contributing to a deeper understanding of educational processes and outcomes.

Weight: 320g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367709105