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The Change Laboratory

A Tool for Collaborative Development of Work and Education

  • The book explains and gives practical examples of a method for formative intervention in work communities that has an exceptionally strong theoretical and research basis in the Cultural Historical Activity Theory.

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
  2. Meeting the New Challenges of Learning at Work

    • Jaakko Virkkunen, Denise Shelley Newnham
    Pages 1-13
  3. The Theoretical Basis of the Change Laboratory Method

    • Jaakko Virkkunen, Denise Shelley Newnham
    Pages 29-59
  4. Preparing a Change Laboratory Intervention

    • Jaakko Virkkunen, Denise Shelley Newnham
    Pages 61-78
  5. Preparing and Carrying out Change Laboratory Sessions

    • Jaakko Virkkunen, Denise Shelley Newnham
    Pages 79-116
  6. A Change Laboratory in a School in Botswana

    • Jaakko Virkkunen, Denise Shelley Newnham
    Pages 117-163
  7. A Change Laboratory in the Central Surgical Unit of Oulu University Hospital

    • Jaakko Virkkunen, Denise Shelley Newnham
    Pages 165-185
  8. A Boundary Crossing Change Laboratory in an Automation Systems Firm

    • Jaakko Virkkunen, Denise Shelley Newnham
    Pages 187-208
  9. Comparison of the Three Case Examples

    • Jaakko Virkkunen, Denise Shelley Newnham
    Pages 209-216
  10. The Future of the Change Laboratory Method

    • Jaakko Virkkunen, Denise Shelley Newnham
    Pages 217-238
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 239-269

Authors and Affiliations

  • Center for Research on Activity, Development and Learning, CRADLE, University of Helsinki, Finland

    Jaakko Virkkunen

  • CSAT, Department of Education, University of Bath, UK

    Denise Shelley Newnham

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Change Laboratory

  • Book Subtitle: A Tool for Collaborative Development of Work and Education

  • Authors: Jaakko Virkkunen, Denise Shelley Newnham

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-326-3

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6209-326-3Published: 31 December 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Topics: Education, general

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