Why, how, and with what payoff? : A critical review of cultural-historical activity theory in work-integrated learning research
James Garraway, Elisabeth Näverå, Maria Spante
Maria Spante
Professor
Organisationstillhörighet
Anställd på Avdelningen för informatik.Forskningsområde
Forskar inom samhällsvetenskap, arbetsintegrerat lärande, informatik, industriellt arbetsintegrerat lärande.Professor Maria Spante’s research focuses on digitalization, organizational transformation, and sustainable societal development, with expertise in Work-Integrated Learning (WIL). Grounded in Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) and the Change Laboratory methodology, her work examines how systemic tensions and contradictions can drive innovation, collective learning, and transformative change within and between organizations. Her research is characterized by participatory, interdisciplinary, and practice-oriented collaboration, bringing together researchers and practitioners in the co-development of work practices and organizational processes addressing severe complex problems.
Publikationer
Coworker Phubbing and Links to the Psychosocial Work Environment Among Electricians in Sweden
Per Martinsson, Pernilla Larsman, Karin Allard, Mattias Gunnarsson, Maria Spante, Sara Thomée
Manifesting learning in the workplace : an activity theoretical study of professional learning in preschool using active learning classrooms
Maria Spante, Philip Moffitt
Activity theory as a tool for reimagining workintegrated learning : Conducting contradiction analysis
Maria Spante, James Garraway, Christine Winberg, Fundiswa Noffemela, Princess Thulile Duma
Leda digitalisering
Maria Spante
The Critical Role of School Leaders in ambitious Pedagogical Strategies
Maria Spante
Vänligt och värdigt i Västervik : Professionsdriven utveckling för humanistisk hantering av hemlöshetsproblematik i kommunal verksamhet
Elinor Nilsson, Klara Björkum, Maria Spante
Online Change Laboratory : Att utveckla metod och verksamhet tillsammans
Maria Spante, Monica Egelström, Susanne Hofling, Sussie Källerfelt
Workshop 6 : The Design Dice Model in Practice
Maria Spante, Sylvana Sofkova Hashemi
Break the habit : Using an active learning classroom to promote collective reflection in and on action at the workplace
Maria Spante
Running online formative interventions – experiences from an international research community
Maria Spante
In change we trust: : A study of a professional development project despite challenging times
Maria Spante, Monica Egelström
Triggering sustainable professional agency : using change laboratory to tackle unequal access to educational success collectively
Maria Spante, Anita Varga, Linnea Carlsson
Following the flow-zooming in on configurations : Shadowing teachers’ socio-material practice in motion
Maria Spante
Struggling With Leading Digitalization : Diverse Experiences Among School and preschool Principals
Maria Spante
Learning at work through role integration in language development and digitalization processes in preschool
Kristina Brocker, Martin Dalenius, Maria Spante
Trapped in Contradictions : When Collegiality and Individuality Challenges Professional Practice
Monica Egelström, Maria Spante
Producing digital stories for language learning and digital competence across generations and positions of learners in municipalities
Kristina Brocker, Martin Dalenius, Maria Spante
MakerSpaces in schools : networked learning among teachers to support curriculum-driven pupil learning in programming
Maria Spante, Kristina Johansson, Jimmy Jaldemark
Digital creativity : learning by story driven digital production
Maria Spante
Interprofessional learning as work integrated learning : when conversations regarding databases and information literacy create a common base for professional learning
Maria Spante, Elisabeth Näverå
Digitaliseringen i skolan : möjligheter och utmaningar
Thomas Winman, Maria Spante, Sara Willermark, Lars Svensson, Ulrika Lundh Snis
Digital Creativity : Enabling Learning Of Gender Roles In Society In Primary School By Story Driven Digital Production
Maria Spante
Teaching Civic Orientation for New Residents in Sweden : on Competence Development and Knowledge Sharing in a Growing Profession
Hiba Chaat, Maria Spante
The Story Machine : Transmedia games in education
Maria Spante, Johan Fors, Karl Alfredsson, Staffan Rosenberg
A toolkit to enhance work-integrated learning coordinators’ understanding of practical problems
Maria Spante, James Garaway, Christine Winberg, Fundiswa Noffemela, Thulile Princess Duma
Looking back when moving forward : unpacking history in cultural-historical activity theory-driven change efforts
Maria Spante, Monica Egelström
For the Fun of IT : In Search for Sensemaking of Digitalization Training Program for Leaders in Schools and Pre-schools in Sweden
Elin Wihlborg, Maria Spante
Att leda digitalisering : Avrapportering
Maria Spante
Workshop: Activity Theory as a Tool For Reimagining WIL : Conducting Contradiction Analysis
Maria Spante
Tema, rum och digitalisering i ny skolverksamhet : Slutrapport från projektet Digiflex Didaktisk Design i Samverkan
Sylvana Sofkova Hashemi, Anna-Maria Hipkiss, Maria Spante, Martin Tallvid, Pernilla Andersson Varga, Mats Widigson
Skrivarstuga : ett sätt att fånga arbetsintegrerat lärande i verksamhetutvecklingsprocesser
Maria Spante, Kristina Brocker, Martin Dalenius
Symposium : Running online formative interventions towards inclusive and just societies
Maria Spante
Structured Flexibility When Learning About Resourcediversity On The Globe : The Dollar Street Case
Maria Spante, Sylvana Sofkova Hashemi, Anna Maria Hipkiss
Phubbing at work : Mobile phone behavior in social contexts at the workplace and associations with the psychosocial work environment
Sara Thomée, Karin Allard, Mattias Gunnarsson, Per Martinsson, Pernilla Larsman, Maria Spante
Historicity in change laboratories: the role of the history wall tool to understand collective concept formation and model creation
Monica Egelström, Maria Spante
Teaching in Flexible Spatial and Digital Conditions
Anna Maria Hipkiss, Sylvana Sofkova Hashemi, Pernilla Andersson Varga, Maria Spante, Martin Tallvid, Mats Widigson
Diversity in agency : experiences from three Change Laboratories to tackle gender related grade gap in school
Maria Spante, Anita Varga, Monica Egelström
Producing Digital Stories For Language Learning And Digital Competence
Maria Spante, Kristina Brocker
Taking The Pulse Of The Puls Project : From Obedient Users To Innovative And Empowered Makers
Maria Spante, Christer Ferm
Knotworking as an Analytical Tool for Designing e-Learning While Targeting Industry Competence Needs
Monika Hattinger, Maria Spante
Expansive Learning And Transformative Agency For School Professionals
Anita Varga, Maria Spante
Change laboratories for all schools in a Swedish municipality : A systematic approach
Maria Spante
Hitta drivet : Studiemotivation och genusmönster i grundskolan
Maria Spante, Anita Varga, Helena Korp
Find The Drive : On Co-Designing Practice And Experience Of A Research And Development Project Driven By Municipalities And University
Maria Spante, Anita Varga, Helena Korp, Henrik Lind, Lars Jansson, Björn Lindeberg, Ann-Helen Adler Johannesson
Digital competence and digital literacy in higher education research : Systematic review of concept use
Maria Spante, Sylvana Sofkova Hashemi, Mona Lundin, Anne Algers
Organizing Digitalization In School : How A Municipality In Sweden Arranged For New Curriculum Implementation Emphasizing Digitalization
Maria Spante
Story-driven Design Using Mobile Technologies in Transmedia Practice for Multiliteracy Development
Maria Spante, Ewa Jacquet, Eva Lindqvist
Reaching Out, Tuning in : On the Problematic Information Structure Hindering Connection between Socially Engaged Organizations and Refugees in the Municipality of Trollhättan
Daniel Kwame Baidoo Ampem, Maria Spante
Competence development at workplace : a work integrated informal learning (WIIL) approach
Rashid Ali, Summara Ashgar, Maria Spante, Sung Won Kim, Byung-Seo Kim
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