The epistemological role of language use in learning: A phenomenographic intentional-expressive approach

Educational Research Review

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-29

  Anderberg, Elsie ^a   Svensson, Lennart ^a   Alvegård, Christer ^a   Johansson, Thorsten ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Language; Learning; Meaning; Phenomenography; Understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749111145     PISSN: 1747938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.edurev.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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