Appropriating Activity Theory

Appropriating Activity Theory #6: Engaging with Andy Blunden's Creative Ideas

The student had to become a creator before he could adequately teach the teacher's ideas.

Activity Analysis Network #6: Project as Social Environment

From November 15 to November 30, I worked on editing a new possible book: Developmental Projects: The Project Engagement Approach to Adult Development.

Appropriating Activity Theory #5: Kids are Our Teachers (2018)

Interestingly, this story resonates with the research of Cole and Barker on children conducted many years ago.

Appropriating Activity Theory #4: When Vygotsky Meets Dewey (2019)

From 2019 to 2021, I worked on the Theory—Practice Connection centered around a simple diagram as a creative heuristic tool. The three-year journey took several strategic moves to scale its initial focus.

Appropriating Activity Theory #3: Means, End, and Creative Chaos

On February 22, 2022, I stayed in a room to conduct a self-dialogue to resolve a creative challenge. It resonated with the Means-End principle in Activity Theory.

Appropriating Activity Theory #2: The Project Engagement Approach in November 2020

This is the story of the Project Engagement approach during its early stage in late 2020.

Appropriating Activity Theory #1: Misunderstanding and Repurposing (2018)

A case study about engaging with a meta-framework