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Activity Theoretic Approaches

John Monaghan

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Section (archaeology)MediationActivity theorySociologySet (psychology)Construct (philosophy)Epistemology

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Activity theory is an approach to the study of human practices—including mathematical and educational practices—in which mediation, including mediation by artefacts/tools, is a central construct. The chapter is of four sections. The first section provides an overview of AT. Section 9.2 traces early influences of AT in mathematics education research. Section 9.3 considers foci of a set of mathematics education papers recent at the time of writing. Section 9.4 explores emphases and tensions in papers considered in Sects. 9.2 and 9.3.

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2016-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02396-0_9