ABSTRACT
Activity theory provides a unique lens for analyzing learning processes and outcomes. Rather than focusing on knowledge states, activity theory focuses on the activities in which people are engaged, the nature of the tools they use in those activities, the social and contextual relationships among the collaborators in those activities, the goals and intentions of those activities, and the objects or outcomes of those activities. Activity theory provides the conceptual focus that orients all of the chapters in this part of the book.
