Re: Chapt 9 (to Peter S.)
Francoise Herrmann (fherrmann who-is-at igc.apc.org)
Sun, 8 Oct 1995 08:48:23 -0700
Hi Peter, I also like the term "tool kit" which I thought was from
Gordon Wells' new investigations of learning communities. I wonder
though what the tools may be beyond language? In chapter 9, Forman
and McPhail refer to mediation as semiotic mediation (written or
oral discourse). Of course there are simple and complexe
artifact-tools such as pens, pencils
and computers, that mediate action and function much like
language, but I don't know that I would consider them primary in
human activity. And perhaps that the same difference could be said
of oral and written language (phylognetically?) and for the human
species. I am blind to the bias that you are referring to!
Francoise Francoise Herrmann fherrmann who-is-at igc.org