Search for dissertations about: "activity theory"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 521 swedish dissertations containing the words activity theory.

  2. 6. Dialectics of Negotiagency : Micro Mechanisms in Children’s Negotiation in Play Activity

    Author : Mimmi Waermö; Inger Eriksson; Ylva Ståhle; Viveca Lindberg; Bert van Oers; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; activity theory; agency; breaktime; children; collectividual; cultural historical activity theory; demands; development; double stimulation; enculturation; motives; negotiagency; negotiation; play; transformation; Didactics; didaktik;

    Abstract : This study is about the children in a fourth and fifth grade Swedish primary school class and their play during breaktimes. The study takes the theoretical point of departure in seeing children’s breaktime play as a cultural historical activity. READ MORE

  4. 7. Enterprise Social Media in Project-based Knowledge Work : A contextualized view through the lens of activity theory

    Author : Emma Forsgren; Pam McKenzie; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; enterprise social media; information sharing; activity theory; case study; Library and Information Science; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Project-based knowledge work is characterised by decentralised and dynamic team-based structures, different from the tradi­tional, bureaucratic organisation. Arguably, this flexible and collaborative work setting could benefit from enterprise social media, which helps facilitate how people connect, collaborate and share information across organisational boundaries. READ MORE

  5. 8. Physicians‟ information practices : a case study of a medical team at a Teaching Hospital

    Author : Esther Ebole Isah; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; activity theory; Artefacts; Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics CPT ; Contextual elements; Information practices; Information seeking; Physicians; Participation; Practice theory; Social learning theories; Work activity; Workplace learning; Library and Information Science; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap;

    Abstract : This thesis is a user study within library and information science on participatory practices of a professional group in work activity. This has been investigated only to a minor extent in previous library and information science research. READ MORE

  6. 9. The Growth of Phrases. User-centred Design for Activity-based Voice Output Communication Aids

    Author : Bitte Rydeman; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : AAC; Activity; Assistive Technology; Communication; Conversation Analysis; Corpus Linguistics; Cultural-Historical Activity Theory; Pragmatics; User-centred design; AKK; Aktivitet; Användarcentrerad design; Kommunikation; Kommunikationsanalys; Korpuslingvistik; Kulturhistorisk aktivitetsteori; Pragmatik; Samtalshjälpmedel;

    Abstract : An activity-based vocabulary for Voice Output Communication Aids (VOCAs) was designed and evaluated through a user-centred, iterative design process, using expressions from the Gothenburg Spoken Language Corpus as well as other recorded, natural conversations. The growth and development of the vocabulary, called Phrases, was closely linked to its evaluation. READ MORE

  7. 10. Multi-agent Systems in Diabetic Health Care

    Author : Peng Zhang; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; diabetic health care; Multi-agent Systems; General Systems Theory; Activity Theory; reactivity; proactivity; social activity; Knowledge Engineering;

    Abstract : This thesis discusses how Multi-agent Systems (MAS) should be designed in the context of diabetic health care. Three fields are touched: computer science, socio-psychology and systems science. Agent Technology is the core technology in the research. READ MORE