The complexity of educational design research

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 421-439

  Akkerman, Sanne F ^a   Bronkhorst, Larike H ^a   Zitter, Ilya ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b National Centre of Expertise in Vocational Education and Training ecbo   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activity theory; Complexity; Design research; Epistemic practices; Methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872605288     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-011-9527-9     Document Type: Article

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