I am interested in advancing post-modernist perspectives on
philosophy and the human sciences and sharing those perspectives
with others. My research interests are to examine and explain
learning and developmental processes that occur in the
workplace, emerging computer-based media, adult life, and the
broader context of schooling. My teaching interests include:
technology, learning and development, research methods, and
critical perspectives on education, societal change, human
identity, and social sciences. My theoretical perspective is
based on the dialectical assumption that agents and the lived
world are mutually constitutive of each other and that learning,
social interactions, individual identity are shaped by cultural,
historical, and material relations. Of particular concern to me
are the learning processes and identity formation of people in
the margins of society, and working toward a more open,
understanding, and enlightened world populace.
PRIMARY INSPIRATION:
I am the product of the socio-cultural/situated learning school
of Educational/Cognitive theory. The strongest influence in my
work is the Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral
Participation book. I have also been strongly influenced by
aspects of Activity theory and Vygotsky's Cultural-Historical
method.
RECENT WORK:
Developing an existential/ontological account of communities of
practice based on the philosophy of Heidegger and fieldwork in
culture of recreational scuba diving.
Edouard Lagache, September 13, 1995