Learning and learning theory from a cultural-historical point of view / Bert van Oers -- Tenets of activity theory -- Exploring Vygotsky's legacy : the meaning of mediation / René van der Veer -- Multiple readings of Vygotsky / René van der Veer -- Exploring the links between external and internal activity from a cultural-historical perspective / Igor Arievitch -- Reflections on points of departure in the development of sociocultural and activity theory / Harry Daniels -- Language in cultural-historical perspective / Peter Jones -- The formation experiment in the age of hypermedia and distance learning / Hartmut Giest -- Constructivism and meaning construction / Ronald Arendt -- Subject, subjectivity, and development in cultural-historical psychology / Fernando González Rey -- Identity, diversity, and inclusion -- Identity, diversity, and inclusion / Wim Wardekker -- Identity shifts in informal learning trajectories / Anne Edwards and Lin Mackenzie -- No human being is illegal : counter-identities in a community of undocumented Mexican immigrants / Jocelyn Solis -- Cultural identity and emigration / Beatriz Macías Gómez Estern, Josué García Amián, and José Antonio Sánchez Medina -- Diversity in the construction of modes of collaboration in multi-ethnic classrooms : continuity and interruption of cultural scripts / Mariette de Haan and Ed Elbers -- "Discourse" in cultural-historical perspective : critical discourse analysis, Chat, and the study of social change /Chik Collins -- Reason and dialogue in education / Rupert Wegerif -- Dynamics of activity and the variations of learning -- Learning in social settings : challenges for sociocultural and activity theory / Ed Elbers -- Children's learning through participation in institutional practice : a model from the perspective of cultural-historical psychology / Mariane Hedegaard -- Dialogue for reasoning : promoting exploratory talk and problem solving in the primary classroom / Sylvia Rojas-Drummond, Laura Gómez, and Maricela Vélez -- What kinds of tools and resources are made available to students through effective guidance in a student-scientist partnership program? / Jrène Rahm, Wendy Naughton, and John C. Moore -- Girls on the side-lines : "gendered" development in early childhood classrooms / Sonja de Groot Kim -- Inscripting predicates : dealing with meanings in play / Bert van Oers -- Pretend play and preschoolers / Ricardo Ottoni Vaz Japiassu.