“Dialectics, Engestrom states, reverses the direction of conventional logic: instead of seeing 'concrete' phenomena as something sensually palpable and 'abstraction' as a… — Michael F.D. Young Starting point Copy Share Image
“In his excellent and extremely comprehensive text, Engestrom (1991) locates Vygotsky's ideas within a dialectic approach, which was undoubtedly the framework that… — Michael F.D. Young Copy Share Image
“The lessons for sociologists of education that I draw from my comparison of the UK and South African cases are (i) that… — Michael F.D. Young Education Copy Share Image
“Engestom argues that in any classroom, workplace or community it is possible to develop what he refers to as 'theoretically grounded concepts'… — Michael F.D. Young Change the world Copy Share Image
“At the same time, it has to be recognized that the conditions for this objectivity are not easily won. They cannot rely… — Michael F.D. Young Science Copy Share Image
“Education has a social specificity of its own that centres on the conditions for the acquisition of knowledge that can never be… — Michael F.D. Young Knowledge Copy Share Image
“Outcomes-based qualifications, if seen as a basis for the curriculum, lead almost inexorably to an extreme version of social constructivism which in… — Michael F.D. Young Education reform Copy Share Image
