Bridging the macro- and micro-divide: Using an activity Theory model to capture sociocultural complexity in mathematics teaching and its development

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 219-236

  Jaworski, Barbara ^a   Potari, Despina ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Activity theory; Expanded meditational triangle; Macroanalysis; Mathematics teaching; Microanalysis; Teaching as activity; Teaching triad

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350418725     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-009-9190-4     Document Type: Article

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