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Key for Engeström, Hakkarainen and Hedgaard is the germ cell or unit as the basic inner relationship of the object system. Vygotsky (1987) and those that have followed have sought to identify what makes up the smallest unit or germ cell of a system. What is the essence or basic unit that shows all the relations of that system? What might be the contradiction or tension that acts as the catalyst for the development of that system? These were central questions in 1984 for Engeström, Hakkarainen and Hedgaard, as they were for Vygotsky, and as will be shown in this chapter, are still relevant questions today.
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Fleer, M. (2016). The Vygotsky Project in Education – The Theoretical Foundations for Analysing the Relations between the Personal, Institutional and Societal Conditions for Studying Development. In: Gedera, D.S.P., Williams, P.J. (eds) Activity Theory in Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-387-2_1
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