[Xmca-l] Re: Intrinsic motivation?

[Huw Lloyd]

Maria,

Yes, I hypothesise that what we learn is determined by how we learn (in
mathematical contexts).  The project investigates aspects of this relation.

I take an interest in (the limitations of) generalisation of mathematical
notation, as opposed to generalisations of mathematical construal stemming
(in origin) from meanings embodied in culturally appropriate tasks.  I am
looking at the relation between activity and memory and the formation of
mathematical concepts (fractions), and take an interest in how such
concepts may be used creatively depending upon the manner in which they
have been acquired.

Best,
Huw





On 8 August 2014 13:31, Maria Cristina Migliore <migliore@ires.piemonte.it>
wrote:

> Huw,
>
> may I know more about your study? what is the purpose of your project?
>
> Cristina
>
>
> 2014-08-08 13:41 GMT+02:00 Huw Lloyd <huw.softdesigns@gmail.com>:
>
> > >
> > > HUW:Hence a hierarchy of motives might resolve to a hierarchy of
> > relations
> > > of
> > > psychological functions, yielding objective imagination (Vygotsky
> again),
> > > depending on your meaning of hierarchy of motives...
> > >
> > > CRISTINA: I am not sure I agree with you. Maybe we give different
> > meanings
> > > to the hierarchy of motives? indeed when I refer to the latter, I have
> in
> > > mind "hierarchy of personal sense of motives". I have found useful this
> > > concept because it leads to look at a) what is the personal sense of
> > > working in that enterprise for each older worker? does the
> motive/object
> > of
> > > the company have a sense for the older worker? and b) can the older
> > worker
> > > have contact with the motive/object?
> > > The second question has led me to discuss the taylorist managerial
> > > principle of separation between conception and execution and develop
> the
> > > hypothesis that the more work is organized according to this principle,
> > the
> > > less the older workers can be aware of the object of the activity, and
> > make
> > > sense of it. Difficult to summurize the findings of my empirical work
> > here:
> > > I can say that older workers make sense of their work according to the
> > > image of the object they manage to develop. And there are some
> > interesting
> > > differences between the two case studies.
> > >
> >
> > Ok.  Whether workers have access to the problem setting in which the
> > strategy of production is construed, and thereby align their motives to
> it.
> >  That's quite close to what I'm studying in instruction settings.
> >
> > Thanks for explaining your project, Cristina.
> >
> > Best,
> > Huw
> >
>
>
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