The Transformation of Learning

1. Learning and learning theory from a cultural-historical point of view Bert van Oers; Part I. Tenets of Activity Theory: Introduction to Part I. Exploring Vygotsky's legacy: the meaning of mediation Rene van der Veer; 2. Multiple readings of Vygotsky Rene van der Veer; 3. Exploring the links between external and internal activity from a cultural-historical perspective Igor Arievich; 4. Reflections on points of departure in the development of sociocultural and activity theory Harry Daniels; 5. Language in cultural-historical perspective Peter E. Jones; 6. The formation experiment in the age of hypermedia and distance learning Hartmut Giest; 7. Constructivism and meaning construction Ronald Arendt; 8. Subject, subjectivity, and development in cultural-historical psychology Fernando Luis Gonzalez Rey; Part II. Identity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Introduction to Part II. Identity, diversity, and inclusion Wim Wardekker; 9. Identity shifts in informal learning trajectories Anne Edwards and Lin Mackenzie; 10. No human being is illegal: counteridentities in a community of undocumented Mexican immigrants and children Jocelyn Solis; 11. Cultural identity and emigration: a study of the construction of discourse about identity from historical-cultural psychology Beatriz Macias Gomez Estern, Josue Garcia Amian and Jose Antonio Sanchez Medina; 12. Diversity in the construction of modes of collaboration in multiethnic classrooms: continuity and discontinuity of cultural scripts Mariette de Haan and Ed Elbers; 13. 'Discourse' in cultural-historical perspective: critical discourse analysis, CHAT, and the study of social change Chik Collins; 14. Reason and dialogue in education Rupert Wegerif; Part III. Dynamics of Activity and the Variations of Learning: Introduction to Part III. Learning in social settings: challenges for sociocultural and activity theory Ed Elbers; 15. Children's learning through participation in institutional practice: a model from the perspective of cultural-historical psychology Mariane Hedegaard; 16. Dialogue for reasoning: promoting exploratory talk and problem solving in the primary classroom Sylvia Rojas-Drummond, Laura Gomez and Maricela Velez; 17. What kinds of tools and resources are made available to students through effective guidance in a student-scientist partnership program? Jrene Rahm, Wendy Naughton and John C. Moore; 18. Girls on the sidelines: 'gendered' development in early childhood classrooms Sonja de Groot Kim; 19. Inscripting predicates: dealing with meanings in play Bert van Oers; 20. Pretend play and preschoolers Ricardo Ottoni Vaz Japiassu.