What Kind of Theory is Activity Theory?: Introduction

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-11

  Holzman, Lois ^a  

^a East Side Institute for Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

activity theory; Bernstein; consciousness; cultural historical activity theory (CHAT); Davydov; development; Galperin; language; learning; Vygotsky; Wittgenstein

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646690703     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354306060105     Document Type: Article

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