"Vygotsky's Neglected Legacy": Cultural-Historical Activity Theory Export

@article{citeulike:2488067, abstract = {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. 10.3102/0034654306298273}, author = {Roth, Wolff-Michael and Lee, Yew-Jin}, citeulike-article-id = {2488067}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3102/0034654306298273}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://rer.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/77/2/186}, day = {1}, doi = {10.3102/0034654306298273}, journal = {REVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH}, keywords = {activity-theory, culture, theory}, month = {June}, number = {2}, pages = {186--232}, posted-at = {2008-03-27 07:46:53}, priority = {2}, title = {"Vygotsky's Neglected Legacy": Cultural-Historical Activity Theory}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3102/0034654306298273}, volume = {77}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2488067 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2488067 N2 - 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. 10.3102/0034654306298273 IS - 2 JF - REVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH EP - 232 TI - "Vygotsky's Neglected Legacy": Cultural-Historical Activity Theory VL - 77 SP - 186 KW - activity-theory KW - culture KW - theory AU - Roth, Wolff-Michael AU - Lee, Yew-Jin PY - 2007/06/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3102/0034654306298273 ER -