Thomas Hansson

Thomas Hansson is Docent in Pedagogy at Blekinge Institute of Technology. He took a Dr Ph at Luleå University of Technology. At University of Southern Denmark, he led several Nordic Council projects on Values in Teacher Education. He worked as assessment expert, project manager, and educational consultant (2004-2008) of Socrates/Erasmus (EAC/60/02OJ 2002/C 211/02), European Commission (KA3-ICT) (DG EAC/30/2007), and Comenius (EACEA/P1/BH/cs(2007)D102812). Research interests relate to applications of activity theory, developmental intervention, and moral values. Besides tutoring on workplace learning, he has written ISI articles plus chapters in books. He has authored/edited books on teaching and learning, project management, ICT, and vocational training.

Publications

Contemporary Approaches to Activity Theory: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Human Behavior
Contemporary Approaches to Activity Theory: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Human Behavior
Thomas Hansson. © 2015. 404 pages.
The human mind is best understood when it is studied in the context of meaningful and goal-oriented interactions between individuals and their environment. These internal and...
Modeling and Analyzing Contextual Influences
Modeling and Analyzing Contextual Influences
Thomas Hansson. © 2015. 15 pages.
Working practices rather than purpose or instrumentation defines workplaces as individually motivated or systems controlled units of analysis. In this chapter, analysis of...
Social Science Universals
Social Science Universals
Thomas Hansson. © 2014. 19 pages.
In a global world, people change because of communicative exchanges and technological development. Eventually, human behavior and use of technology share some common...
Tracking Values in Web based Student Teacher Exchanges
Tracking Values in Web based Student Teacher Exchanges
Thomas Hansson. © 2012. 17 pages.
When vocational student teachers communicate on a virtual platform in a combined campus and web based university course they focus on the contents of teaching and learning....
Co-Construction of Learning Objects: Management and Structure
Co-Construction of Learning Objects: Management and Structure
Thomas Hansson. © 2010. 24 pages.
It is an unsettled issue between research traditions how we should negotiate the implied rather than acknowledged dispute between individual agency, i.e. the ability/need/urge of...
Tracking Values in Web based Student Teacher Exchanges
Tracking Values in Web based Student Teacher Exchanges
Thomas Hansson. © 2010. 16 pages.
When vocational student teachers communicate on a virtual platform in a combined campus and web based university course they focus on the contents of teaching and learning....
Handbook of Research on Digital Information Technologies: Innovations, Methods, and Ethical Issues
Handbook of Research on Digital Information Technologies: Innovations, Methods, and Ethical Issues
Thomas Hansson. © 2008. 574 pages.
Many people today struggle with problematic ICT interfaces in their attempts to adapt to the ever-changing digital information environment. To effectively address these issues...
Communication and Relation Building in Social Systems
Communication and Relation Building in Social Systems
Thomas Hansson. © 2008. 20 pages.
Research into human behaviour have produced much innovative modelling, some respectable instrumentation, but little empirical theory-testing. This chapter follows suit, but...