CULTURAL-HISTORICAL ACTIVITY THEORY
Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) is a generative, praxis-based theory of learning. CHAT has been used to analyze and transform human-context interactions. Provides a comprehensive review of the foundations, applications, and future directions of CHAT. Reviews the theoretical and empirical CHAT studies in the fields of education, psychology, health, arts, and learning sciences with an interdisciplinary and multi-methodological perspective.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the foundational concepts in CHAT (e.g., object, contradictions, and agency) Audience: Graduate 2. Define the four generations of CHAT Audience: Graduate 3. Apply CHAT as an analytical tool Audience: Graduate 4. Explain formative intervention methodology and its applications in education, health, arts, and technology Audience: Graduate 5. Identify the guiding principles of the Utopian methodology in CHAT Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the foundational concepts in CHAT (e.g., object, contradictions, and agency) Audience: Graduate 2. Define the four generations of CHAT Audience: Graduate 3. Apply CHAT as an analytical tool Audience: Graduate 4. Explain formative intervention methodology and its applications in education, health, arts, and technology Audience: Graduate 5. Identify the guiding principles of the Utopian methodology in CHAT Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027