Re: vygotsky and contextualism

Ilda Carreiro King (kingil who-is-at bc.edu)
Sat, 20 Mar 1999 09:10:04 -0500

HI Ken,
This sounds really odd? Can you elaborate on the use of context in this
law? Is this your interpretation of other words or do they actually use
context in this way?
Ilda Carreiro King

Ken Goodman wrote:

> Just for the record there are people who are against context, California
> bill 1086 requires those who do staff development on reading with
> teachers to sign an oath saying they will not teachers to teach kids to
> use context in reading.
> The new language arts framework also says pupils must first learn to
> read words out of context.
> Ken Goodman
> --
> Kenneth S. Goodman, Professor, Language, Reading & Culture
> 504 College of Education, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
> fax 520 7456895 phone 520 6217868
>
> These are mean times- and in the mean time
> We need to Learn to Live Under Water