Dialectical critical realism and Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT): Exploring and expanding learning processes in sustainable agriculture workplace contexts

Critical Realism, Environmental Learning and Social-Ecological Change

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 190-211

  Mukute, Mutizwa ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 84977619621     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315660899-18     Document Type: Chapter

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