文档介绍：Case studies revisited: what can the concepts of Activity Theory offer?
Kim Issroff* and Eileen Scanlon+
*Higher Education Research and Development Unit, University College London.
+Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University.
Address for correspondence: Dr Kim Issroff, Higher Education Research and Development Unit, EPD, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
Keywords: Activity Theory, Groupworking, Multi-faceted data collection
Abstract
Activity Theory is currently widely being applied to develop an understanding of human practice, particularly in collaborative settings, which are puter supported. In this paper we will review some of these studies. Activity Theory has been widely used in a range of disciplines, but only recently applied puter-supported collaborative learning. From a retrospective consideration of several case studies of science learning, we will present our current reflections about the affordances of Activity pared to previous approaches we have adopted. We will describe the multi-faceted approach that we have now used in several studies. Reconsidering the data collected using this method in light of Activity Theory, we found that shared purpose is a plex notion and contradictions can be conceived and resolved in a variety of ways. Rules of practice are often not shared and difficult to change. Activity The