Virksomhedsteori

Virksomhedsteori (engelsk: Activity theory) er en teori inden for psykologi og kognitionsforskning, der betoner tænkningens og bevidsthedens sociale, historiske og kulturelle natur. Den har fundet anvendelse på forskellige områder, herunder pædagogik og i informationsvidenskab. 

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Links 
 
Leont'ev, A. Activity, Consciousness, and Personality 
Engeström, Y. Learning by expanding

Litteratur 
 Bannon, L. (1997). Activity Theory, http://www.irit.fr/ACTIVITES/GRIC/cotcos/pjs/TheoreticalApproaches/Actvity/ActivitypaperBannon.htm .
 Boedker, S. (1990). Activity theory as a challenge to systems design. Aarhus, Aarhus University.
 Engeström, Y. (1987). Learning by expanding. Helsinki, Orienta Consultit.
 Engeström, Y. (1990). Learning, working and imagining : twelve studies in activity theory. Helsinki, Orienta-konsultit.
 Engeström, Y. (1993). Developmental studies of work as a testbench of activity theory. Understanding Practice: Perspectives on Activity and Context. S. Chaiklin and J. Lave. Cambridge: 4-103
 Engeström, Y., J. Lompscher, et al. (2005). Putting activity theory to work : contributions from developmental work research. International cultural-historical human sciences ; Bd. 13. Berlin, Lehmanns Media: 644 s.
 Engeström, Y., R. Miettinen, et al. (1999). Perspectives on activity theory. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
 Kaptelinin, V. (1992). Activity Theory: Implications for Human-Computer Interaction.
 Kaptelinin, V., B. Nardi, et al. (1999). The Activity Checklist: A Tool For Representing the "Space" of Context. Interactions. July/August 1999: 27-39.
 Korpela, M. and A. Mursu (2003). Means for cooperative work and activity networks: An analytical framework. ECSCW'03, 8th European Conference of Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Helsinki, Finland.
 Kuuti, K. (1991). Activity Theory and its application to information system research. Amsterdam.
 Kuuti, K. (1996). Activity Theory as a Potential Framework for Human-Computer Interaction Research. Context and Consciousness. B. A. Nardi. Cambridge, MA: 17-44.
 Leontiev, A. N. (1978). Activity, Consciousness and Personality. New York, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs.
 Leontiev, A. N. (1981). Problems of the Development of the Mind. Moscow, Progress. English translation, Moscow: Progress Press. (Russian original 1947). 
 Nardi, B. A. (1996). Context and Consciousness: Activity Theory and Human-Computer Interaction. Cambridge (MA), The MIT Press.
 Vygotsky, L. S. (1962). Thought and Language. New York, John Wiley & Sons.
 Vygotsky, L. S. (1978). Mind in society: The development of higher psychological processes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard Business Press.
 Vygotsky, L. S. (1981). The genesis of higher mental functions. The concept of activity in Soviet psychology. J. V. Wertsch. Armonk, Sharpe.
 Wertsch, J. V. (1981). The concept of activity in soviet psychology. New York.

Web Links 
 What is Activity Theory? 
 Activity theory (Cultural Historical Activity Theory, CHAT 
 Center for Activity Theory and Developmental Work Research 
 Lexikon. Wissenswertes zur Erwachsenenbildung 
 Acting with Technology: Activity Theory and Interaction Design 
Virksomhedsteorikonferencerne i Danmark

Se også 
Kritisk psykologi
Lev Vygotskij

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