From activity to learning: Using Cultural Historical Activity Theory to model school library pro grammes and practices

Information Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Meyers, Eric M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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