This chapter discusses a series of studies of expansive learning in formal school settings.
The theory of expansive learning puts the primacy on communities as learners, on …

The article examines the potential of the dialectical principle of ascending from the abstract
to the concrete for transforming practices of learning. It is shown that VV Davydov's work has …

Yrjö Engeström's exciting approach sees expansive learning as the central mechanism of
transformation in societal practices and institutions. For researchers and practitioners in …

The paper analyzes a collaborative learning process among Finnish pre-service teachers
planning their own learning in a self-regulated way. The study builds on cultural-historical …

Teachers from schools across the world believe that there is more to education than success
in examinations. Many practitioners are becoming increasingly familiar with expansive …

In educational research, cultural–historical activity theory has mainly been used to study
individuals and classrooms. However, we see activity theory as, above all, a framework for …

When confronted with the question of how Transformative Learning can be promoted in
higher education my immediate reaction is that this question cannot be answered or even …

The article examines strengths and limitations of three examples of well known post-
behaviorist process theories of learning: Norman and Rumelhart, Kolb, and Nonaka and …

Empirical models of transformative learning offer important insights into the core
characteristics of this concept. Whereas previous analyses were limited to specific social …

In this introduction to the special “transfer” issue of Composition Forum, I offer some
preliminary thinking about ways to expand our consideration of this phenomenon, which I …