Reflections on activity theory

Educational Review

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-210

  Bakhurst, David ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity; Development; Mind; Object; Russian philosophy and psychology; Self; Subject; Theory; Transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249193653     PISSN: 00131911     EISSN: 14653397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131910902846916     Document Type: Article

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