The research team @fise group (Activity Theory in Formal and Informal Science Education) of the University of Ioannina inaugurates with this book the series “Sociocultural Dialogues in STEAM Education” (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics).

The central aim of the book is to create a new agenda for the Didactics of Natural Sciences, with a theoretical framework based on Cultural-Historical Activity Theory. The theory is analyzed from Vygotsky to Engestrom and the international ISCAR community.

The practice is interwoven in four comprehensive studies and one ongoing, which develop a new methodology in the design of educational programs for the Natural Sciences. Innovative actions "open" the school to the local community, to the museum, to the habitat, and to the digital learning environment.

The book is aimed at specialists, researchers, and particularly at educators. At the same time, it proposes a new epistemological glossary for the terms activity, mediation, tool, object, perezhivanie, action vs practice.

The innovation of the book is connected with other modern currents such as critical theory, the transformative mind, social change, as well as the 17 goals for sustainable development (Agenda 2030).