Cultural studies of science education

Abstract

In response to Stetsenko's [2008, Cultural Studies of Science Education, 3] call for a more unified approach in sociocultural perspectives, this paper traces the origins of the use of sociocultural ideas in New Zealand from the 1970s to the present. Of those New Zealanders working from a sociocultural perspective who responded to our query most had encountered these ideas while overseas. More recently activity theory has been of interest and used in reports of work in early childhood, workplace change in the apple industry, and in-service teacher education. In all these projects the use of activity theory has been useful for understanding how the elements of a system can transform the activity. We end by agreeing with Stetsenko that there needs to be a more concerted approach by those working from a sociocultural perspective to recognise the contribution of others in the field. Executive Summary (Māori)E ai ki a Stetsenko he huhua tonu nga huarahi hei rapu māramatanga o ngā awenga o ngā tikanga ki ngā ahurea me te whanaketanga o te hunga tangata, i te nuinga o te wā kua herea ngatahi ēnei tūāhuatanga ki ngā wawata kia tika ngā tikanga, kia whai tikanga orite hoki. Ka kitea e ia kei wīwī, kei wāwā te tirohanga o ngā tāngata e aro ki ngā āhuatanga o te ahurea me ngā tikanga ki to te tirohanga o ngā tāngata e tū ngātahi ai ki te aro pū noa ana ki ngā āhuatanga o te roro, ki ngā tukanga taketake me te whanaketanga o ngā koiora hei whakamārama he aha tēnei mea te hinengaro. Ko tāna, ka wero atu ēnei whakamārama-tanga whāiti ki ngā tirohanga ahurea me ngā tikanga. Kua whakamāoritia te whakapae ahurea me ngā tikanga e tēnā iwi, e tēnā iwi, e tēnā iwi puta noa i te ao i runga anō i ō rātou ake tirohanga nō ā rātou ake papakāinga. I te whakaae mātou ki ngā whakapae o Stetsenko kia kōkiri i te kaupapa nei, a i kitea e mātou kāore anō mātou kia mōhio mārika i pēhea te kaupapa whakapae o Vygotsky i tae mai i Aotearoa nei, a, he aha tōnā tūnga i tēnei wā, kua pēhea te whakamahi.Ina ka tātari i ngā pukapuka e rua e pā ana ki te whanaketanga o te hunga tangata, ka kitea i te taenga atu ki ngā tau 1970 kua waihotia ngā whakapae o Piaget kia aro kē ki ngā whakapae ahurea me ōna tikanga, kua ara atu i ngā whakaaro o te UK, kua ara mai ki ngā kaupapa neo-Vygotskyan nō te US. I tonoa mai mātou ki ētahi tōhunga kua mahi rangahau e pā ana ki ngā whakapae ahurea me ngā tikanga kia whakamarama mai ki a mātou i pēhea rātou i ako e pā ana ki a Vygotsky. Ko tētahi o ngā take nui kua tutaki rātou ki te whakapae ahurea me ngā tikanga ko a rātou haerenga ki rāwāhi ako ai. Kua puta mai a Mind in Society hei puna nui hei whakamārama i ngā āhuatanga o ngā tikanga me ngā ahurea.I tae mai ngā tāngata kua whakamāoritia ngā mahi o Vygotsky ki Aotearoa nei. Nō reira i rongonui ai ngā mahi o ngā tāngata pērā i a Michael Cole, James Wertsch, Jaan Valsiner, rātou ko Barbara Rogoff. I whakaako ētahi āhuatanga o ngā mahi o Vygotsky i roto i ngā wānanga whakaako, i mahi hoki hei tūāpapa mō ngā tuhinga whakapae, pērā i ngā tuhinga whakapae e pā ana ki te r...