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Acknowledging the constructivist nature of meaning-making, “theory” means different things to different people (and to scholars). In writing this chapter, I was encouraged by colleagues (my fellow editors Scott and Chris acting as difficult and supportive reviewers) to think about and identify what theory actually means to me. The exhortation was that I needed to have a theory about theory in order to write about it (theory!).
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Johnson, N.F. (2015). The Work of Theory in Ed-Tech Research. In: Bulfin, S., Johnson, N.F., Bigum, C. (eds) Critical Perspectives on Technology and Education. Palgrave Macmillan’s Digital Education and Learning. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137385451_3
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