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Aleksei Leontiev

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Aleksei Nikolayevich Leontiev, who lived from February 18, 1903 to January 21, 1979, was a Soviet Russian developmental psychologist and philosopher and a founder of activity theory. He was born and died in Moscow. Activity theory is a line of social-sciences theories and research rooted in the Soviet psychological activity theory that Sergei Rubinstein pioneered in the 1930s, and it was later advocated for and popularized by Leontiev.

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Aleksei Nikolayevich Leontiev (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Лео́нтьев, IPA: [lʲɪˈonʲtʲjɪf]; February 18, 1903 – January 21, 1979), was a Soviet Russian developmental psychologist and philosopher and a founder of activity theory.
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Activity theory (AT; Russian: Теория деятельности) is an umbrella term for a line of eclectic social-sciences theories and research with its roots in the Soviet psychological activity theory pioneered by Sergei Rubinstein in the 1930s.
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Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (Wikipedia)
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The theory was founded by L. S. Vygotsky and Aleksei N. Leontiev, who were part of the cultural-historical school of Russian psychology.
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Appropriation of knowledge (Wikipedia)
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This theory was developed by Aleksei N. Leontiev and focuses on understanding the socio-cultural context (specifically the setting) learning occurs in.
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Aleksei Nikolayevich Leontiev (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Лео́нтьев, IPA: [lʲɪˈonʲtʲjɪf]; February 18, 1903, January 21, 1979), was a Soviet Russian developmental psychologist and philosopher and a founder of activity theory.
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