The authors describe an evolving theoretical framework that has been called one of the best
kept secrets of academia: cultural-historical activity theory, the result of proposals Lev …

At the social turn in education, Vygotsky's cultural-historical/sociocultural theory (VST) has
become particularly influential. There are other cultural-historical traditions associated with …

& Quot; The authors in this collection use Vygotsky's cultural-historical theory of human
development to frame their analyses of schooling, with particular emphasis on the ways in …

This paper contrasts the notions of learning, teaching and development as these are
conceptualized in two versions of constructivism: the socio-interactional one (in which …

The Transformation of Learning gives an overview of some significant advances of the
cultural-historical activity theory, also known as CHAT in the educational domain …

This book is a collection about cultural-historical activity theory as it has been developed
and applied by Yrjö Engeström. The work of Engeström is both rooted in the legacy of …

Explicating clearly and concisely the full implication of a praxis-oriented language
pedagogy, this book argues for an approach to language teaching grounded in a significant …

This essay explores the notion of meaning, particularly as applied to acts of producing and
reading texts. The analysis is grounded in principles of activity theory and cultural semiotics …

The article presents central ideas and future challenges of cultural-historical activity theory,
focusing specifically on the work of the so-called Helsinki school of activity theory. We first …

For the past 15 years or so, in collaboration with several colleagues, I have been conducting
studies in education that have as a central theme the cultural mediation of educational …