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Showing 1 to 20 of 70 for “"Cultural Historical Activity Theory"”.
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EDUCATORS’ UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENTIFIC SENSEMAKING AND LITERACY: A CULTURAL-HISTORICAL ACTIVITY THEORY ANALYSIS
… the Ambitious Science Teaching book discussion activity system within which this work was situated? </p> <p>Central to this investigation was use of Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) as both a theoretical and analytical framework. CHAT provided a way to capture the complexity of …
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Understanding English language teacher education in Chile : a cultural historical activity theory (chat) perspective
… education program? The study was framed by a cultural historical activity theory (CHAT) perspective. CHAT's explanatory potential proved useful in understanding pre-service teachers' engagement in the activity of learning to teach EFL, and the interrelated factors that shaped this learning. …
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Understanding Education Technology Integration Experiences among Engineering Educators: A Cultural Historical Activity Theory Approach
… Based in the Engineering Faculty, I adopted a Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) perspective to understand the experiences of engineering educators with regards to education technology integration in a department. A qualitative case study with semi-structured interviews was conducted …
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The processes and outcomes of implementing peer mediation services in schools: a cultural-historical activity theory approach
… an analysis, the thesis argues the utility of Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT). This argument is based on the need for a theoretical approach that conceptualises processes of social and individual transformation, including the structure of the social world and the creation of new …
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Missed opportunities: a cultural-historical activity theory study of the use of authentic literature as a tool for dialogic pedagogy
… school in Cape Town, South Africa. Using a Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) framework and the Cam-UNAM scheme for educational dialogue analysis (Hennessy et al., 2020), the teachers' objects and actions were analysed to uncover the reasons why dialogic opportunities might be …
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Grade 6 Mathematics Teachers Perceptions Of Pedagogical Variation With Information And Communication Technologies (Icts) In No-Fee Paying Schools: A Cultural Historical Activity Theory (Chat) Analysis
… with the use ICTs in the classrooms utilising Cultural Historical Activity Theory. This research utilises interviews as a method for the collection of empirical data to describe a group of research participants’ (or teachers’) perceptions who happen to be directly interviewed. These interviews …
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Exploring service development to scaffold cross-disciplinary critical maker-learning in a higher education academic library makerspace : a case study through the lens of cultural-historical activity theory
… occurring in lessons, training, and free activity in the makerspace. Critical understanding was achieved through an engagement with key educational concepts relevant to maker-learning (e.g., ZPD: Zone of Proximal Development, Vygotsky, 1978) in a Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT, …
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A cultural-historical activity theory based analysis of lecturer and student understanding of learning in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at the University of Cape Town
Cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT) provides a framework for analysing activity systems. I use that framework to investigate teaching and learning in two first-year university mathematics courses at the University of Cape Town. The focus of this investigation is whether the different …
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Understanding Contradictions in Times of Change: A CHAT Analysis in an Art Museum
… change at an art museum through the lens of Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT), specifically as it relates to the education department. By employing a multi-level look at the contradictions that lie beneath the activity system, this research demonstrates how tensions in the system can …
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From student to newly qualified teacher : a study of beginning teacher's training experience and how this impacts on practice
… for using a combined symbolic interactionism, cultural historical activity theory model to explore the experiences of beginning teachers working within the training standards (QTS) framework which defines teacher training in the England. Research has been carried out using a constructivist …
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Hope and academic performance in a higher education residence context
… approach a qualitative approach was added. Cultural Historical Activity Theory was applied to an analysis of the residence system at the University of Cape Town. A combination of quantitative and qualitative results suggested that there were minimal links between hope and academic …
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Professional development in arts integration: an activity theory analysis of participating teachers' experiences
… programs in arts integration through the lens of cultural historical activity theory. Between 2007 and 2012 the Southeast Center for Education in the Arts (SCEA) at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga facilitated long-term programs aimed to build teachers’ capacity to develop and implement …
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Navigating complexity: Dyslexia screening and assessment practices among educational psychologists in Cape Town's private practices
… While local research primarily focuses on culturally responsive practices related to cognitive measures or reading difficulties in general, international studies have developed comprehensive, dyslexia-specific assessment protocols and frameworks. However, systematic research examining how …
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Exploring the challenges of managing blended learning courses in selected Irish higher education institutes : An activity theory study.
… Taking a case study approach and utilising Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT), more specifically Engeström’s (2015) activity systems model (ASM), the research seeks to highlight the challenges by identifying contradictions in the activity systems for developing and delivering blended …
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Bridging the academic-vocational divide in undergraduate construction and surveying courses: tensions and implications
… to consider the process in binary terms. Cultural-historical activity theory is used to examine the process as an activity system and to identify the complex inter-relationships between the various factors. The research findings are based on interviews with senior academic staff at seven …
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Exploring translingual assessment for learning in multilingual grade 10 afrikaans home language classes
… case study that is underpinned by the Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT). This case study draws on Sen’s capability approach (CA), which advocates that a person can expand capabilities and achieve if the relevant resources are provided. Purposive sampling was employed to select …
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An Investigation of How Accountability Systems Influence the Design and Development of Student Centered Learning Environments
… (SCLEs) in this study is framed theoretically by cultural historical activity theory (CHAT). The investigation itself occurred within a specific practice context: an urban charter school serving elementary-aged children. The efforts to design and develop SCLEs in the school focused on the use of …
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: towards an inclusive approach in the management of ADHD in South African classrooms
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a world-wide phenomenon which has a major impact not only on a child’s academic performance but also daily activities and social interactions. It is a phenomena which manifests in most classrooms. This dissertation investigates ADHD, not only as a …
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From learning to teaching : investigating the effect of a foreign language phonology training programme on the development of trainee primary languages teachers
… Woore et al., 2018). Self-efficacy Belief Theory (Bandura, 1997) has also been used to identify the factors that may influence how able teachers and novice teachers feel to teach pupils (Tschannen-Moran and Hoy, 2007). Through focus groups and questionnaires, this research study assesses …
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