WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE? COMPARING INTERSECTIONAL IDENTITY TRENDS IN ASEE AND CEEA-ACEG USING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING AND REVIEW OF PROCEEDINGS

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela Rogalski ◽  
Eric Mikulin ◽  
Deborah Tihanyi
Keyword(s):  
Natural Language Processing ◽  
Natural Language ◽  
Activity Theory ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Division Of Labour ◽  
Cultural Historical Activity Theory ◽  
Original Question ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
Historical Activity ◽  
Cultural Historical Activity

In 2018, we overheard many CEEA-AGEC members stating that they have "found their people"; this led us to wonder what makes this evolving community unique. Using cultural historical activity theory to view the proceedings of CEEA-ACEG 2004-2018 in comparison with the geographically and intellectually adjacent ASEE, we used both machine-driven (Natural Language Processing, NLP) and human-driven (literature review of the proceedings) methods. Here, we hoped to build on surveys—most recently by Nelson and Brennan (2018)—to understand, beyond what members say about themselves, what makes the CEEA-AGEC community distinct, where it has come from, and where it is going. Engaging in the two methods of data collection quickly diverted our focus from an analysis of the data themselves to the characteristics of the data in terms of cultural historical activity theory. Our preliminary findings point to some unique characteristics of machine- and human-driven results, with the former, as might be expected, focusing on the micro-level (words and language patterns) and the latter on the macro-level (ideas and concepts). NLP generated data within the realms of "community" and "division of labour" while the review of proceedings centred on "subject" and "object"; both found "instruments," although NLP with greater granularity. With this new understanding of the relative strengths of each method, we have a revised framework for addressing our original question.  

Σχεδιασμός και ανάλυση δραστηριοτήτων των φυσικών επιστημών για μαθητές ηλικίας 5-9 ετών με τις σύγχρονες θέσεις της θεωρίας της δραστηριότητας (cultural- historical- activity theory - CHAT)

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Χαρίκλεια Θεοδωράκη
Keyword(s):  
Activity Theory ◽  
Cultural Historical Activity Theory ◽  
Historical Activity ◽  
Cultural Historical Activity

Η παρούσα διατριβή, οργανώθηκε και πραγματοποιήθηκε βασισμένη στις αρχές, στα χαρακτηριστικά και στις διαδικασίες της έρευνας-δράσης. Η παρούσα έρευνα, καλείται να γεφυρώσει το κενό που παρατηρείται στη διδακτική των Φυσικών Επιστημών στην προσχολική και στην πρωτοσχολική ηλικία. Οι συνεχείς εξελίξεις στο χώρο της επιστήμης και της τεχνολογίας, δημιουργούν την αναγκαιότητα εξέλιξης της εκπαιδευτικής διαδικασίας και, ταυτόχρονα, τον εκσυγχρονισμό των εκπαιδευτικών μεθόδων. H απόφασή μας για χρήση της Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) ενισχύθηκε, καθώς η CHAT ως εργαλείο σχεδιασμού και ανάλυσης, προσφέρει έναν δυναμικό μηχανισμό για να εξερευνήσουμε τους πολλαπλούς ρόλους, τα καθήκοντα και τα εργαλεία που χρησιμοποιούνται μέσα σε μια δυναμική κοινωνική και εκπαιδευτική διαδικασία. Βασικός στόχος της παρούσας έρευνας αποτελεί ο εντοπισμός των αλληλεπιδρώντων συστημάτων που διαμορφώνονται κατά τη διδασκαλία θεμάτων των Φυσικών Επιστημών, καθώς και ο εντοπισμός των δευτερευόντων παραγόντων που αναδιαμορφώνουν αυτά τα αλληλεπιδρώντα συστήματα. Επιπλέον, οριοθετείται ο ρόλος του εκπαιδευτικού στο μεθοδολογικό πλαίσιο της Θεωρίας της Δραστηριότητας.Για την παρούσα διδακτορική έρευνα έγινε ο σχεδιασμός των δυο διδακτικών παρεμβάσεων με τίτλους: «Ο παππούς Αρχιμήδης και η Άνωση» και «ο θείος Θαλής και οι Μαγνήτες». Επιπροσθέτως, αποτυπώνεται η αναλυτική πορεία εφαρμογής της έρευνας και η επιλογή των βασικών εργαλείων ποιοτικής ανάλυσης. Συλλέγχθησαν τόσο ποιοτικά όσο και ποσοτικά αποτελέσματα. Κάνοντας ένα σύντομο απολογισμό των αποτελεσμάτων της παρούσας διατριβής, κατανοούμε ότι, οι κοινωνικοπολιτισμικές θεωρίες και η Θεωρία της Δραστηριότητας ειδικότερα, βρίσκουν πρόσφορο έδαφος εφαρμογής, οριοθέτησης, σχεδιασμού και ανάλυσης, στην εκπαίδευση, αλλά κυρίως στη Διδακτική των Φυσικών Επιστημών. Η εφαρμογή της Θεωρίας της Δραστηριότητας στις πρώτες βαθμίδες της εκπαίδευσης, εξασφαλίζει ευελιξία και καινοτομικότητα, σε ένα χώρο που είναι απαραίτητη η συνεχής εξέλιξη και αναθεώρηση του τρόπου εργασίας τόσο των εκπαιδευτικών, όσο και η ανατροφοδότηση και αναδιαμόρφωση του εκπαιδευτικού πλαισίου των μαθητών. Η εφαρμογή του σχεδιασμού δραστηριοτήτων στην παρούσα διατριβή, μέσω της Θεωρίας της Δραστηριότητας, με τη χρήση του τριγώνου του Engestrom (1987) αποδεικνύει ότι η φαινομενική πολυπλοκότητα του σχήματος καταρρίπτεται εκ του αποτελέσματος. Ο σχεδιασμός και η ανάλυση δραστηριοτήτων με τη χρήση του τριγώνου, ξεκινάει από το διδακτικό τρίγωνο Δάσκαλος – Μαθητής – Γνώση, το οποίο αποτελεί βασικό πλαίσιο σχεδιασμού και ανάλυσης των εκπαιδευτικών προγραμμάτων που διαμορφώνονται. Διαπιστώνουμε λοιπόν, εκ του αποτελέσματος, ότι η χρήση του τριγώνου του Engetsrom στη διδακτική διαδικασία περισσότερο μας βοηθάει, μας κατευθύνει και μας οριοθετεί, παρά μας δημιουργεί προβλήματα.Επισημαίνουμε ότι, μέσω της παρούσας διατριβής, επιτυγχάνεται η σύνδεση της Θεωρίας της Δραστηριότητας με τη μαθησιακή δραστηριότητα, τόσο σε επίπεδο σχεδιασμού, όσο και σε επίπεδο ανάλυσης. Τοποθετώντας τον εκπαιδευτικό και τον μαθητή μαζί, τη γνώση απέναντι και στην κορυφή όχι την ύλη, αλλά τα εργαλεία που έχει στη διάθεσή του τόσο ο εκπαιδευτικός όσο και ο μαθητής, ώστε να επιτυγχάνεται η προσέγγιση του στόχου και κατά συνέπεια της γνώσης. Προϊόντα της διατριβής θα είναι η νέα ερευνητική μέθοδος, ένα καινοτόμο curriculum για τις Φυσικές Επιστήμες, και πρότυπο εκπαιδευτικό υλικό (website, e-book). Η διατριβή έχει συνέργεια με συνέδρια, προγράμματα, καινοτομίες στο πλαίσιο της δια-βίου μάθησης.

Leading by virtual interaction: an application of cultural-historical activity theory

BMJ Leader ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. leader-2021-000485
Author(s):  
Ana Sjaus ◽  
Krista Corinne Ritchie
Keyword(s):  
Activity Theory ◽  
Team Leadership ◽  
Cultural Historical Activity Theory ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Medical Community ◽  
Activity Systems ◽  
Group Activities ◽  
Pandemic Response ◽  
Historical Activity ◽  
Cultural Historical Activity

Introduction The pandemic spread of SARS-CoV-2, a novel, highly contagious and easily transmissible pathogen, has profoundly affected all aspects of human interaction. Guided by the need to reduce face-to-face contacts, medical organisations have rapidly shifted group activities to virtual platforms. Over 1 year into the pandemic, the necessity to maintain public health restrictions ensures that virtual meetings will be the norm for the foreseeable future.It has yet to be understood how virtual technologies shape healthcare and academic cultures, affect interactions, or influence strategic decisions and policies within these systems.Conclusion In this article, the authors reflect on the move from historically situated activity systems of team leadership in healthcare to ones that now exist in virtual formats. Cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT) is a framework that explains complex human actions, and how they unfold over time through interaction with mediational tools (eg, technology) and various people representing their own communities, roles and perceived divisions of labour. The authors use the lens of CHAT as a framework to understand the shifting dynamics at play and offer strategies for leaders to co-establish activity systems with team members to make goals of group activities explicit and to deliberately work toward them. Five specific strategies proposed are: (1) use software platforms that fit your needs and give voice to all attendees with technical support present in meetings; (2) converse explicitly about roles and emerging role fluidity during times of change and pandemic response; (3) co-construct something new intentionally; (4) engage in implementation science at this time; and (5) lead intentionally while honouring cultural norms and values. It is imperative that any changes, even the ones that are a part of the pandemic response, are made consistent with the core shared values of the medical community as this necessary new way of coming together is embraced with collective wisdom.

scholarly journals CULTURAL HISTORICAL ACTIVITY THEORY: EXPLORING PRINCIPALS’ INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 287-291
Author(s):  
Fulya Damla Kentli
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Instructional Leadership ◽  
Activity Theory ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Cultural Historical Activity Theory ◽  
Instructional Leader ◽  
Network Activity ◽  
Historical Activity ◽  
Cultural Historical Activity

Instructional leadership activities are significant for school development. Although many researchers in this field consider leadership activities relating to the work of school principals, in effect, leadership is a network activity that includes all school staff. This study aims to show this interdependence network activity within Cultural Historical Activity Theory. The research question is “what are the activities of an instructional leader?” in order to understand instructional leadership activities in school from perspectives of Turkish graduate students and Cultural Historical Activity Theory. The answers are conceptualized within the framework of an Activity Theory. The students were asked to write about the activities of an instructional leader in the first and last course of the semester. Eighteen graduate students participated in this study.

scholarly journals HIV/AIDS and higher education in Lesotho : a Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) analysis of three institutions’ responses

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Monaphathi Maraka ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Activity Theory ◽  
Poor Response ◽  
Cultural Historical Activity Theory ◽  
World Health ◽  
Viral Load Suppression ◽  
Human Skills ◽  
Historical Activity ◽  
Cultural Historical Activity ◽  
Hiv Aids

The purpose of this study is to interpretively analyse the fight against HIV/AIDS, referred to as ‘response’, in three of Lesotho’s institutions of higher education (IHEs). These are the Lesotho College of Education (LCE), the National Health Training College (NHTC) and the National University of Lesotho (NUL). This study uses cultural historical activity theory (CHAT) to qualitatively interpret the response in a country with the second highest HIV prevalence globally. The study applies Vygotsky’s first generation of CHAT, Leontiev’s multifaceted second generation, and Engeström’s third generation, which features a minimum of two interacting activity systems. Its multimodal methodology draws from Mukeredzi’s (2009, p.56) critique of CHAT and its problem of not getting “in” deep into dimensions of an activity. Thus, this study incorporates closely matching theories, models and concepts around CHAT; mainly the World Health Organisation’s (2004b) health standards, Zeithaml and Bitner’s (2000) services marketing mix and Checkland and Holwell’s (1998) information systems. The findings reveal that conceptual tools - human skills and policies, do not mediate material processes such as planning, financing and reporting, resulting in a poor response. Gaps in human agency across critical elements of activity in the three IHEs result in conceptual, functional and material contradictions, and poor use of mediating artefacts adversely affects all interventions, including HIV testing and services (HTS), anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment and viral load suppression (VLS) envisaged in the UNAIDS (2014a and 2015) guidelines. This study teased out ‘expanded contradictions’ and tensions in the IHEs response, which invoked expansion, transformations, opportunities and new implications. Despite the IHEs leadership awareness of need for change, an historical embeddedness in unchanging cultures and functional contradictions due to poor agency (by subjects), lack of policies (rules), finance, (tools), hamper the response. The study found opportunities for IHEs against HIV/AIDS. Thisstudy recommends two new agency models. One is ‘knit-working’, which aims to improve responses by identifying key, specific, and rapidly doable ‘nitty-gritty’ inter-college activities. The second model aims to strengthen IHEs leadership agency through 3-Cs of commitment at top management, improved resources and capacity at middle management, in order to enable operational level services to evidence the concern over AIDS. This study will alleviate a dearth of literature in the nexus of Lesotho’s IHEs, HIV/AIDS and services.

scholarly journals Project learn school community: An educational practice meets an educational activity theory

2006 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-44
Author(s):  
Ana Marjanovic-Shane ◽  
Fran Fox ◽  
Bruce Pollack-Johnson ◽  
Lisa Pack-Allender ◽  
Brian Girard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Activity Theory ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
School Community ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cultural Historical Activity Theory ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Social Mediation ◽  
Historical Activity ◽  
Cultural Historical Activity ◽  
Unique Style

Project Learn School community is a unique school coop in Philadelphia Founded 30 years ago, Project Learn was created as a cooperative between teachers, parents and students. The main philosophical principle, derived from J. Dewey?s educational theories is the principle of equality between the parties in the educative process. Other guiding philosophical principles are: the emphasis on the unique constellation of abilities of every student creating opportunities for meaningful personal involvement in the learning process, developing a sense of responsibility in students for themselves and for the larger world, and, finally, educating the whole person rather than just teaching academic skills. Although Cultural Historical Activity theory of L.S. Vygotsky was not very well known in the United States at the time of it?s founding, this school embodies several basic principles of Cultural Historical Activity theory. Among them is the principle of social mediation of the relationship between the subject and the object. The same principle is actualized through the rich use of cultural tools and symbols such as very developed programs in art, music and drama, as well as the frequent use of play and play like activities both to motivate and to create a collaborative learning atmosphere. Furthermore, the unique style of governance, where all families participate without delegation of their decision making powers, provides for a powerful model of human relationships, rules and norms believed to be the most beneficial for individual learning and the over all social development.

scholarly journals Using cultural historical activity theory to examine how teachers seek and share knowledge in a peer-to-peer professional development network

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torrey Trust
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Activity Theory ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Cultural Historical Activity Theory ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
Historical Activity ◽  
Cultural Historical Activity ◽  
Development Network ◽  
Knowledge Seeking

<p>Many researchers have found that the main reason teachers participate in peer-to-peer professional development networks (PDNs) is to seek and share professional knowledge. Yet, the majority of studies about PDNs focus on how and why teachers participate in these virtual spaces rather than how teachers find and distribute knowledge. Each PDN has its own unique rules, tools, community members, and culture that shape how knowledge is created, organised, curated, and shared. Without understanding the factors that shape how and why knowledge is shared in a PDN, teachers may not be able to access the knowledge they need to grow their practice. This study was designed to examine teachers’ knowledge seeking and sharing actions in the Edmodo Math Subject Community, a popular PDN. Cultural historical activity theory was used as a framework for examining the socially constructed actions of seeking and sharing knowledge in a PDN. The findings suggest that seeking and sharing knowledge is a complex, dynamically evolving process that is shaped by the technical (e.g., tools) and social (e.g., community members, rules, roles) aspects of the PDN. Implications and ideas for further research are discussed.</p>

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