Contradictions and tensions are important to the activity theorist because they give rise to the “need states” which lead to change as the actors in the network seek ways to satisfy needs the existing activity system can not satisfy. (p.64)
I am rereading the book of Educative Assessment: DesigningAssessments to Inform and Improve Student Performance by Wiggins, Grant. P. He is talking about the difference between a traditional unauthentic assessment and an assessment for a real world. One of the biggest differences … Continue reading
I just finished reading Dr. Helen Barrett and Joanne Carney’s paper of Conflicting Paradigms and Competing Purposes in Electornic Portfolio Development. It is really a good paper for me because it answered many of my questions. I have been always wondering why … Continue reading