1st Edition

Critical Realist Activity Theory An engagement with critical realism and cultural-historical activity theory

By Iskra Nunez Copyright 2014
144 Pages
by Routledge

152 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

Critical Realist Activity Theory provides an exciting new contribution to the New Studies in Critical Realism and Education series by showing how the nature of learning is tantamount to the critical realist notion of the dialectic. The science of learning is too important to leave solely to the sciences; it needs philosophy as well. The task of this book is to take a further step and clear... Read more
Introduction: CRAT: Learning is a passage through the dialectic  1. Learning as product and learning as process  2. Learning as process-in-product  3. Learning as product-in-process  4. Learning as re-enchanted commons

Biography

Iskra Nunez completed her Ph.D. at the Institute of Education, University of London in April 2012. Her research interests lie in the areas of philosophy, learning sciences, and mathematics. She holds an M.S. in applied mathematics from the University of Iowa and a B.S. in mathematics from the University of Texas-El Paso.