A main criticism of sociocultural approaches has been the lack of assumptions about how the internalized knowledge is structured and selected in later discourse activities.
Second, the script theory of guidance builds on sociocultural perspectives, adopting the view that discourse activities on the social plane precede and shape the structure of complex cognitive skills (i.e., the Genetic Law of Development; Vygotsky, 1978).
We locate identity among the former, an assumption that fully justifies our emphasis on organizational discourse activity in the examination of the structuration of identity.
Schoenfeld's (1987) attention to mathematical problem-solving echoes the fundamental view, with mathematical enactment, in his view, connected to developing capacities that link discourses, activities, and identities within a mathematical culture wherein mathematics functions as 'the medium of exchange' (p. 213).
The observation protocols use various evaluation criteria to judge the classroom discourse and activities that includes teacher interview and questions for detailed descriptions of the classroom characteristics (Brandon et al. 2008; Piburn et al. 2000; Weiss et al. 2003).
A related challenge for FOLC is that by taking the "extreme" measure (Beetham & Sharpe, 2007) of not representing teaching (and directive communication) in the core model, there is no way to "see" non-democratic discourse and activities of professional instructors without moving outside the current model.
Non-state actors represent a range of interests and discourses with activities take place at local to global levels, actors that joined the steering of global affairs with nation-states (Nasiritousi et al., 2016; Koenig-Archibugi and Zürn 2006).
A main conclusion is that middle leading practices were influenced by practice architectures that distinctly and distinctively shaped the language and discourses, the activities and physical set-ups and the social relationships required for creating (or not) development and sustainable change in Swedish preschools.
Is the analysis of the discourse, narrative, activity, space and objects used in the course of professional practice a useful method for doing this? 3. What implications do these findings have for patient safety research and policy?
Prior work in face-to-face collaborative learning situations has shown that the features of representational notations can influence the focus of learners' discourse and collaborative activities.
In "strong" or "deliberative" democracy, citizens participate at the local and national levels in political activities, discourse, debate and deliberation to reach common ground.
