Contemporary Approaches To Activity Theory Interdisciplinary Perspectives On Human Behavior

Author : Hansson, Thomas
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781466666047

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Contemporary Approaches to Activity Theory: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Human Behavior by Hansson, Thomas Pdf

The human mind is best understood when it is studied in the context of meaningful and goal-oriented interactions between individuals and their environment. These internal and external activities help to shape the human consciousness and experience. Contemporary Approaches to Activity Theory: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Human Behavior is an opportunity to study the complex, socially-oriented contexts of humans by considering the entirety of our environments: cultures, motivations, signs and tools, and various activities. Highlighting strategies in design, educational and work practice, and methodological analysis, this book is an essential reference source for academicians, researchers, and students interested in gaining a thorough understanding of the interaction between humans and their environments.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1466666056

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Contemporary Approaches to Activity Theory: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Human Behavior by Anonim Pdf

Author : Yrjö Engeström,Reijo Miettinen,Raija-Leena Punamäki-Gitai
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1999-01-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 052143730X

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Perspectives on Activity Theory by Yrjö Engeström,Reijo Miettinen,Raija-Leena Punamäki-Gitai Pdf

Activity theory is an interdisciplinary approach to human sciences that originates in the cultural-historical psychology school, initiated by Vygotsky, Leont'ev, and Luria. It takes the object-oriented, artifact-mediated collective activity system as its unit of analysis, thus bridging the gulf between the individual subject and the societal structure. This 1999 volume includes 26 chapters on activity theory by authors from ten countries. In Part I of the book, central theoretical issues are discussed from different points of view. Some topics addressed in this part are epistemology, methodology, and the relationship between biological and cultural factors. Part II is devoted to the acquisition and development of language. This part includes a chapter that analyzes writing activity in Japanese classrooms, and a case study of literacy skills of a man with cerebral palsy. Part III contains chapters on play, learning, and education, and Part IV addresses the meaning of technology and the development of work activities. The final part covers issues of therapy and addiction.

Author : Nanda, Sapna
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-14
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781522573852

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Psycho-Socio-Physical Dimensions of Adolescent Health Management: Emerging Research and Opportunities by Nanda, Sapna Pdf

Today’s youth experience a period of major physical, physiological, psychological, and behavioral changes with changing patterns of social interactions and relationships. The changing environments in which adolescents live impacts their behavior, which in turn can implicate their health and wellbeing. The changing nature of these health problems amongst adolescents calls for new responses from the medical sector to promote and protect their health. Psycho-Socio-Physical Dimensions of Adolescent Health Management: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the protection of adolescent health and wellbeing by strategizing better healthcare initiatives and programs, as well as assessing the impact of various healthcare approaches in modifying the health and behavior of adolescents. Covering topics that include growth patterns, improving mental health, and interpersonal relationships, this book is ideally designed for healthcare professionals, psychologists, psychiatrists, sociologists, social workers, researchers, policymakers, and scholars.

Author : Martin, Melissa,Mockry, Jean,Puliatte, Alison,Simard, Denise A.,Squires, Maureen E.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781522537946

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Raising Mental Health Awareness in Higher Education: Emerging Research and Opportunities by Martin, Melissa,Mockry, Jean,Puliatte, Alison,Simard, Denise A.,Squires, Maureen E. Pdf

The state of college students’ mental health is a growing phenomenon across university campuses. Educators often watch students struggle with academic, social, financial, and familial issues. Over the past decade, these issues have led to an increasing number of students exhibiting behavior related to anxiety, depression, and other mental health disorders. Raising Mental Health Awareness in Higher Education: Emerging Research and Opportunities describes the current state of college students’ mental health in the United States, influences that contribute to wavering mental health, factors that promote flourishing mental health, and interventions that support mental health. While highlighting present programs and activities, readers will find new methods that can be implemented to support the needs of college students. This book is an important resource for staff and faculty in postsecondary institutions seeking current research on the growing problem of mental health in higher education.

Author : Anne Edwards
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107110373

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Working Relationally in and across Practices by Anne Edwards Pdf

This book shows ideas from cross-professional collaborators that offer resources for professional and research practices.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789004547360

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Exploring Practical Knowledge by Anonim Pdf

Exploring Practical Knowledge investigates professional practices from a hermeneutic perspective. The book presents, discusses and applies notions such as practical knowledge, practical wisdom, tacit knowledge, and normativity to the professional lifeworld. These contributions focus on both specific practices and more general questions concerning theories and investigations of practice. This volume comes as the result of a cooperation of three research centres: The two Centres for Practical Knowledge in Bodø, Norway and in Södertörn, Sweden, as well as the Research Group Value-Oriented Professionalisation at the University of Applied Sciences in Utrecht, the Netherlands. It offers empirical studies of professionals as well as discussing the underlying theories, approaches and methods of exploring practical knowledge – including the limits to any articulation of these aspects of professional action. In contrast to the objectivist paradigm that otherwise dominates professional studies, each chapter presents central perspectives and possibilities drawing from humanistic and interdisciplinary research traditions. The book explores professions in a style accessible to scholars and practitioners alike. It is interesting for those studying practices within these professions and for vocational studies in education, social work, health care, police work, journalism, etc.

Author : Baggio, Bobbe Gaines
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-09
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781466699007

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Analyzing Digital Discourse and Human Behavior in Modern Virtual Environments by Baggio, Bobbe Gaines Pdf

Though humans have been communicating through virtual mediators since the invention of the telephone, new technologies make the use of virtual communications even more immediate and pervasive than ever before. By understanding the theories and models behind virtual communication, one can understand the way society has been changed and how it will continue to do so. Analyzing Digital Discourse and Human Behavior in Modern Virtual Environments examines the implications of virtual communication and online interaction and the theories and trends associated with them. It will discuss and address the differences and challenges that develop when communicating virtually and explore the various influences virtual communication plays in work, education, and quotidian life. This title provides a foundation of emerging trends from which new theories and models of communication can grow. This book will become a cherished resource for academics, researchers, technology developers, students, and government or institutional leaders.

Author : Jan Selmer Methi,Basia Nikiforova
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783031297205

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Borderology by Jan Selmer Methi,Basia Nikiforova Pdf

This book develops and establishes knowledge about borderology in the border zone between different countries, cultures, and climatic environment. The content of border and border zone has, during our research, changed from being a physical border between states to different borders and border zones which also include social and mental borders. The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the concept even more. The expressions “lockdown” and "social distance" indicate such borders that we, a short time ago, had largely not considered in our everyday life. Not only states closed their borders, regions inside a country, and even borders within families were established. “Illegally” passing these borders could crate strong reactions both from the nature by a disease or by the authorities with fees. The pandemic has not only challenged our understanding of borders and border zones, but it has also challenged our understanding of human rights and especially our understanding of what freedom is.

Author : Mesquita, Anabela
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-29
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781466684515

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Human Behavior, Psychology, and Social Interaction in the Digital Era by Mesquita, Anabela Pdf

The advancement of new technologies has greatly increased the impact of information systems on daily human life. As technology continues to rapidly progress, human-computer interaction is quickly becoming a topic of interest. Human Behavior, Psychology, and Social Interaction in the Digital Era combines best practices and empirical research on social networking and other related technologies. Emphasizing creative and innovative implementation across various disciplines, this publication is a critical reference source for researchers, educators, students, IT managers, and government healthcare agencies concerned with the latest research in the fields of information systems and networks, mobile technology, cybercrime, and multitasking.

Author : English, Rebecca
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781522500117

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Gender Considerations in Online Consumption Behavior and Internet Use by English, Rebecca Pdf

The use of social media and blogging websites has become more prevalent especially among young women; this trend suggests that gender has the potential to coincide with one’s actions and engagement online. Despite this notable trend, there is still a dearth of research on how women use the internet and how it affects their health, families, and interpersonal relationships. Gender Considerations in Online Consumption Behavior and Internet Use considers the use of online technologies through the lens of gender. From blogs dedicated to motherhood and infertility, to the Movember men’s health movement, gender identity is expressed in a communitive way online. This book provides empirical evidence on gender-specific internet usage and the feminine online experience. It is a valuable resource for students, academicians, researchers, technology developers, and government officials.

Author : Dongdong Chen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-08-15
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781040096635

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A Hybrid Approach to Teaching Chinese through Digital Humanities, CALL, and Project-Based Learning by Dongdong Chen Pdf

A Hybrid Approach to Teaching Chinese through Digital Humanities, CALL, and Project-Based Learning presents an exposition of current thinking, research, and best practices in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL), Digital Humanities (DH), and Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) in the context of teaching Chinese as a foreign language (TCFL). It proposes integrating CALL and DH into PBLL to form a Digital Humanities–Augmented Technology-Enhanced Project-Based Language Learning (DATEPBLL) approach to transform student learning. By combining DH pedagogy and CALL technology with PBLL, the approach takes advantage of their synergies, which enables instructors to help students develop linguistic and cultural competency as well as 21st century skills. Case studies and best practices from experienced Chinese language teachers are presented to demonstrate the value of the DATEPBLL approach. This is the first volume that covers all three fields and makes a strong case for the importance of incorporating CALL, DH, and PBLL for effective language learning. Written for professionals in language education, including educators, curriculum designers and developers, graduate students, publishers, government personnel, and researchers, the book provides theoretical insights and practical applications of CALL, DH, and PBLL.

Author : Novak, Alison
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-19
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781522502135

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Defining Identity and the Changing Scope of Culture in the Digital Age by Novak, Alison Pdf

Since the popularization of Internet technologies in the mid-1990s, human identity and collective culture has been dramatically shaped by our continued use of digital communication platforms and engagement with the digital world. Despite a plethora of scholarship on digital technology, questions remain regarding how these technologies impact personal identity and perceptions of global culture. Defining Identity and the Changing Scope of Culture in the Digital Age explores a multitude of topics pertaining to self-hood, self-expression, human interaction, and perceptions of civilization and culture in an age where technology has become integrated into every facet of our everyday lives. Highlighting issues of race, ethnicity, and gender in digital culture, interpersonal and computer-mediated communication, pop culture, social media, and the digitization of knowledge, this pivotal reference publication is designed for use by scholars, psychologists, sociologists, and graduate-level students interested in the fluid and rapidly evolving norms of identity and culture through digital media.

Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 677 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781522551997

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Gamification in Education: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice by Management Association, Information Resources Pdf

Serious games provide a unique opportunity to fully engage students more than traditional teaching approaches. Understanding the best way to utilize these games and the concept of play in an educational setting is imperative for effectual learning in the 21st century. Gamification in Education: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice is an innovative reference source for the latest academic material on the different approaches and issues faced in integrating games within curriculums. Highlighting a range of topics, such as learning through play, virtual worlds, and educational computer games, this publication is ideally designed for educators, administrators, software designers, and stakeholders in all levels of education.

Author : Tina Bruce,Pentti Hakkarainen,Milda Bredikyte
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317563549

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The Routledge International Handbook of Early Childhood Play by Tina Bruce,Pentti Hakkarainen,Milda Bredikyte Pdf

Historical changes in play are taking place in childhood all over the world, with the digitalisation of children’s lives. Researchers are worried about the disappearance of advanced forms of play and the prioritization of time spent with loving adults, supporting play with babies and toddlers. At the same time, our understanding about the crucial importance of individual development is becoming clearer. The Routledge International Handbook of Early Childhood Play explores these issues and more. It proposes the importance of adult participation in play, as adult guidance brings the possibility of moral, cultural and symbolic elements to children’s play, and enhances the educational opportunities in adult-child joint play. The book also examines the aesthetic dimension of play and its role in the development of imagination and creativity. With contributors from many parts of the world, this unique handbook brings together the latest research and highlights practice which focuses on play. This is an essential and engaging read for all students, academics, teachers and practitioners with an interest in play.