The emergence of learners’ transformative agency in a Change Laboratory intervention

Journal of Education and Work

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 232-262

  Haapasaari, Arja ^a   Engeström, Yrjö ^a   Kerosuo, Hannele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

activity theory; Change Laboratory; expansive learning; formative intervention; transformative agency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955668031     PISSN: 13639080     EISSN: 14699435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13639080.2014.900168     Document Type: Article

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