This is an interesting topic, and one that I've been wrestling with... so
would really like to hear more from you from different perspectives...
I happened to come across this from reading Lave last night...
"... human agency is constitutive of, and at the same time constituted
by, the social and cultural order..."
I suspect Giddens' structuration theory would have something to do with it?
This may also involve the many different positions and versions or
interpretations of "social constructionism" which is by no means a
well-defined perspective...
Just throwing out some ideas!
Yours,
Angel
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Angel M.Y. Lin
Doctoral Candidate
Modern Language Centre
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
252 Bloor St. W., Toronto, ON M5S 1V6, Canada
E-Mail: MYLIN who-is-at OISE.ON.CA
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