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Enriching the Theory of Expansive Learning

Lessons From Journeys Toward Coconfiguration

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ID18977181
AuthorsYrjö Engeström (0000-0002-6949-4278, University of Helsinki, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume14
Issue1-2
Pages23-39
Publication date2007-04-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMind Culture and Activity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1074-9039 • E-ISSN: 1532-7884
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10749030701307689
OpenAlexW1998422169
LanguageEN
Citations received53
References cited17

An intervention study aimed at analyzing and transforming work and learning in three organizations (a bank, a primary health care center, and a hi-tech company) allowed us to investigate forms of coconfiguration work in which there is a focus on the development of products and services that adapt to the changing needs of users. The working hypothesis of our study was that the forms of expansive learning (that is, the processes by which a work organization resolves its internal contradictions in order to construct qualitatively new ways of working) required for coconfiguration work have transformative, horizontal, and subterranean features. Based on our three organization case studies, this article argues tentatively (as a stimulus to further theoretical and empirical research) that our working hypothesis has to be enriched by the notion of experiencing, which serves to bridge the design and implementation of organizational transformation. In terms of the role played by tools and technologies in work and learning, the notion of instrumentality is introduced to further enrich our working hypothesis, emphasizing that expansive learning for coconfiguration work involves tools and novel mediational concepts in the form of multilayered, integrated toolkits

Expansive · Knowledge management · Organizational learning · Pedagogy · Sociology · Transformative learning · Computer Science · Engineering · Information Systems Theories and Implementation · Innovative Education and Learning Practices · Psychology · Service and Product Innovation

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Unique citing works53
Citations per year2,94
Citation span2008 - 2026 (19)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 52
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