Sökning: "artefacts"

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  1. 1. Ambiguous artefacts : solar collectors in Swedish contexts : on processes of cultural modification

    Författare :Annette Henning; Kay Milton; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Social anthropology; Socialantropologi; Social Anthropology; socialantropologi;

    Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER

  3. 2. Artefactual Intelligence: The Development and Use of Cognitively Congenial Artefacts

    Författare :David de Léon; Kognitionsvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; pervasive computing; affective computing; persuasive computing; Psychology; Psykologi; computer-mediated extrospection; precommitment; self-control; situated cognition; distributed motivation; cognitive ethnography; distributed cognition; cognitive biographies; redesign; task–artefact cycle; artefact evolution; artefact design; task structure; cognitive task; cognitive congeniality; artefactual intelligence; cognitive artefacts; task environment; tools; Cognition; artefacts; ubiquitous computing;

    Sammanfattning : How can tools help structure tasks to make them cognitively easier to perform? How do artefacts, and our strategies for using them, develop over time in cognitively beneficial ways? These are two of the main questions that are explored in the five papers collected in this thesis. The first paper details an ethnographic study conducted on people cooking in their homes. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Learning and Artefacts : On the Use of Information Technology in Educational Settings

    Författare :Jonas Almqvist; Leif Östman; Ulla Riis; Roger Säljö; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Education; information technology; computer; education; learning; discourse analysis; socialisation; Pedagogik; Education; Pedagogik;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to develop and apply an empirical approach that can be used in studies of the relationship between different expectations of, and actual use of, information technology in educational settings. The studies focus on meanings of artefacts shaped in people's talk about and/or use of technology. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Conceptions and artefacts : Children's understanding of the earth in the presence of visual representations

    Författare :Karin Ehrlén; Ola Halldén; Stella Vosniadou; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; conceptual understanding; cultural conventions; visual representations; Education; Pedagogik; pedagogik; Education;

    Sammanfattning : The studies in this thesis explore children’s understanding of the earth when presented with visual representations. The conceptual understanding is related to cognitive contexts as well as the physical and cultural state. Pictures and models, as communicative tools, are associated with both cognition and culture. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Tinget, rummet, besökaren : Om meningsskapande på museum

    Författare :Eva Insulander; Staffan Selander; Kerstin Smeds; Roger Säljö; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; didactic science; museums; exhibitions; learning; meaning-making; design; multimodality; representation; didaktik; museer; utställningar; lärande; meningsskapande; design; multimodalitet; representation; Didactics; didaktik; Education; Didactics;

    Sammanfattning : The main purpose of this thesis is to describe and analyse how museum visitors engage with and make meaning from what is being offered to them in terms of the various resources made available in two exhibitions. Yet another purpose is to describe and analyse the design of these exhibitions. LÄS MER