Yrjö Engeström
Yrjö Engeström (* 1948 ) is a Finnish educator and professor at the University of Helsinki . His work is based on the cultural-historical school of activity theory and he established the concept of expansive learning .
literature
- Learning through expansion International studies of activity theory. Marburg: BdWi-Verlag, 1999 ISBN 3-924684-75-8 (English original edition from 1987)
- English version of the book online
- Developmental Work Research. Expanding Activity Theory In Practice. Berlin: ICHS, 2005 ISBN 3-86541-069-3
- Developing labor research. The theory of activity in practice. Berlin: ICHS, 2008 ISBN 3-86541-279-3
Web links
- Literature by and about Yrjö Engeström in the catalog of the German National Library
- Center for Activity Theory and Developmental Work Research, University of Helsinki, Finland
- Laboratory of Comparative Human Cognition, University of California in San Diego, USA
- Department of Communication at the University of California in San Diego, USA
- Honorary doctor at The Faculty of Education, University of Oslo, Norway
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| SURNAME | Engeström, Yrjö |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish educator and professor at Helsinki University |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1948 |