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Activity Theory

Activity Theory. Origin. Roots in the classic German philosophy – Kent and Hagel Both philosophers emphasized the historical development of ideas as well as the active and constructive role of humans

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Activity Theory

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  1. Activity Theory

  2. Origin • Roots in the classic German philosophy – Kent and Hagel • Both philosophers emphasized the historical development of ideas as well as the active and constructive role of humans • Kent and Hagel’s philosophies  the contemporary philosophy, such as Marx, Engels and the Soviet cultural-historical philosophy of Vygotsky, Leont’ev and Lauria on which Activity Theory is based.

  3. Activity Theory • Activity Theory is not a theory; rather it is a philosophical perspective • Marx’s view: activity and consciousness are dynamically interrelated. • Conscious learning emerges from activity (performance), not as a precursor to it. • Activity Theory is powerful socio-cultural and socio-historical lens through which we can analyze most human activity. • Activity cannot be understood or analyzed outside the context where it occurs.

  4. Activity Theory

  5. Activity System • Subject: Individual or group of actors in a system • Object: Physical or mental product that is being sought (e.g., a curriculum design, a website, a research project, a workshop, etc.) • Object is being acted on by the subject, and it represents the intention motivated by the subject

  6. Activity System • Tools: Anything used in the transformation process (e.g., hammers, computers, models, etc.)

  7. Three levels of activity • Activity towards an objective (goal) carried out by a community. A result of a motive (need) that may not be conscious social and personal meaning of activity (Answers the Why? question) • Action towards a specific goal (conscious), carried out by an individual or a group possible goals and subgoals, critical goals (Answers the What? question) • Operation structure of activity typically automated and not conscious concrete way of executing an action in according with the specific conditions surrounding the goal (Answers the How? question)

  8. Assumption of Activity Theory • Activity: Minds in Context • Consciousness in the world • Intentionality • Object-orientedness • Community: A dialectic context • Internalization/externalization • Tool mediation • Collaboration

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