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Cultural-Historical Perspectives on Teacher Education and Development

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Giorgio Bertini

Teachers, both in and beyond teacher education programmes, are continual learners. As society itself evolves, new settings and the challenges they provide require new learning. Teachers must continually adapt to new developments that affect their work, including alterations to qualification … Continue reading →

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Use-Value and the Re-thinking of Skills, Learning and the Labour Process

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Giorgio Bertini

Read Reviewing multiple traditions of social analysis of work, skill and knowledge this article seeks to renew the possibility for a critical, integrated approach. Contextualizing and then criticizing the ongoing ‘up-skilling/de-skilling impasse’, I offer discussion of several alternative conceptual resources … Continue reading →

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“Vygotsky’s Neglected Legacy” – Cultural-Historical Activity Theory

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Giorgio Bertini

Read The authors describe an evolving theoretical framework that has been called one of the best kept secrets of academia: cultural-historical activity theory, the result of proposals Lev Vygotsky first articulated but that his students and followers substantially developed to … Continue reading →

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Cultural Identity and Literacy

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Giorgio Bertini

Read In this article we offer both a conceptual and a methodological proposal for the study of cultural identity by cultural-historical psychology. First we will develop a conceptual framework in which we define acts of identification as a suitable unit … Continue reading →