From resistance to involvement: Examining agency and control in a playworld activity

Mind, Culture, and Activity

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-140

  Rainio, Anna Pauliina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 54949159107     PISSN: 10749039     EISSN: 15327884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10749030801970494     Document Type: Article

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