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“Vygotsky’s Neglected Legacy”: Cultural-Historical Activity Theory

Roth, Wolff-Michael, Lee, Yew-Jin·2007·Review of Educational Research
DOI 10.3102/0034654306298273
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The authors describe an evolving theoretical framework that has been called one of the best kept secrets of academia: cultural-historical activity theory, the result of proposals Lev Vygotsky first articulated but that his students and followers substantially developed to constitute much expanded forms in its second and third generations. Besides showing that activity theory transforms how research should proceed regarding language, language learning, and literacy in particular, the authors demonstrate how it is a theory for praxis, thereby offering the potential to overcome some of the most profound problems that have plagued both educational theorizing and practice.

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Authors
Roth, W.-M., & Lee, Y.-J.
Venue
Review of Educational Research
Publisher
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Published
2007-06
Volume
77
Issue
2
Pages
186-232
ISSN
  • 0034-6543 (ISSN-L)
  • 1935-1046
DOI
10.3102/0034654306298273
OpenAlex
W2124371079
Cited by
1,113
References
228
FWCI
147.41
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)

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