1st Edition
Learning as Social Practice Beyond Education as an Individual Enterprise
In memoriam Gunther Rudolf Kress (1940–2019)
Introduction: The social significance of learning
Chapter 1. Our business is problem-solving: Learning, remembering and inscriptions at the IT helpdesk
Chapter 2. Designs for learning – designs in learning
Chapter 3. A social semiotic perspective on learning: Transformative engagement in a changing world
Chapter 4. Learning as a performative social process. Mimesis, ritual, materiality and subjectivation
Chapter 5. The conceptualization of learning in learning research: From introspection and conditioned reflexes to meaning-making and performativity in situated practices
Biography
Gunther Kress (1940–2019) was Professor of Semiotics and Education at UCL Institute of Education, UK.
Staffan Selander is Professor Emeritus in Education at the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences (DSV) at Stockholm University, Sweden.
Roger Säljö is Honorary Doctor at the University of Turku, Finland and the University of Agder, Norway and Honorary Professor at the University of Bath, UK.
Christoph Wulf is Professor of Anthropology and Education at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
