{"id":30,"date":"2011-10-23T12:05:44","date_gmt":"2011-10-23T19:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociallearning512\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2011-11-07T09:40:59","modified_gmt":"2011-11-07T16:40:59","slug":"vocabulary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociallearning512\/vocabulary\/","title":{"rendered":"Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"
Activity Theory Vocabulary:<\/strong><\/div>\n
Actions:<\/strong> the processes of an individual, in which the object and motive do not coincide with each other
\nEx. Beater\u2019s activity is the hunt (get food, clothing), but his actions of scaring game do not directly result in getting food and clothing<\/div>\n
Activity:<\/strong>\u201cthe function of the individual in his interactions with the surroundings\u201d (Tolman, 1988)<\/div>\n
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Aim:<\/strong> \u201cthe object of the action\u201d (goal) (Tolman, 1988)<\/p>\n

Appropriation:<\/strong> instead of \u00a0adapting to the world surrounding us we make it our own<\/p>\n

Conditions:<\/strong> the object of an operation<\/p>\n

Consciousness:<\/strong> \u201cthe sum total of mental processes which actively participates in man\u2019s understanding of the objective world and of his personal being.\u201d \u00a0\u201cThinking involves not a mere processing of information; it is an active, sensuous, purposeful transformation of reality in conformity with reality\u2019s own essence\u201d (Tolman, 1988).<\/p>\n

Instinct:<\/strong> behaviour based on evolution and adaptation to the environment. \u00a0Characteristic to animals. \u00a0Part of man, but \u201cdo not play a decisive role\u201d because humans are prompted by social rather than biological motives.<\/p>\n

Interiorisation:<\/strong> \u201cgradual conversion of external actions into internal, mental ones\u201d (Tolman, 1988).<\/p>\n

Meaning:<\/strong> how an individual \u201cgeneralize[s] and reflect[s] human experience\u201d (Tolman, 1988)<\/p>\n

Need:<\/strong> \u201cthe prerequisite for an activity\u201d (Tolman, 1988)<\/p>\n

Psyche:<\/strong> an interaction between a living thing with the environment to create sensations, thoughts, perceptions, etc<\/p>\n

Sense:<\/strong> \u201ca relation between the subject and the world that is created by the subject\u2019s activity\u201d (Tolman, 1988)
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Situated Cognition Vocabulary:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Affordance:<\/strong> How one lives in his\/her environment, or how the environment affects how one acts.<\/p>\n

Boundary Trajectory:<\/strong> \u00a0the path that one is on when he\/she is a member of several similar communities of practice. It helps to bridge the relationships between them.<\/p>\n

Community of Practice:<\/strong> \u00a0a group that we belong to with mutual engagement, a joint enterprise and a shared repertoire that affects how we learn.<\/p>\n

Inbound Trajectory:<\/strong> the path of a newcomer who is engaged in becoming a full participant in the community of practice.<\/p>\n

Insider Trajectory:<\/strong> \u00a0the path of one who has been engaged in a community of practice for a period of time, but who is still fully engaged in learning.<\/p>\n

Legitimate Peripheral Participation:<\/strong> \u00a0the ways to describe how one belongs and participates in a community of practice.<\/p>\n

Outbound Trajectory:<\/strong> \u00a0the path that one is on when he\/she is leaving a community of practice.<\/p>\n

Peripheral Trajectory:<\/strong> a path that one can be on where he\/she never fully engages in the community of practice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Distributed Cognition Vocabulary:<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Cognitive system: <\/strong>systems that incorporate psychological data, similar to the ways\u00a0 humans think and process information.<\/p>\n

Internal representation:<\/strong> representational formats, including propositions, mental images and mental models.<\/p>\n

External representation:<\/strong> artifacts that exist in the environment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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