Re: "development"

nate (schmolze who-is-at students.wisc.edu)
Sun, 12 Sep 1999 19:16:04 -0500

----- Original Message -----
From: Mary Bryson <brys who-is-at unixg.ubc.ca>
To: <xmca who-is-at weber.ucsd.edu>
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 1999 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: "development"

> my favorite quote from Piaget:
>
> "The child has no powers of reflection...In contrast, the adolescent is
> able to analyze his <sic> own thinking and construct theories...Of
course,
> the girls are more interested in marriage, but the husband they dream of
is
> most often "theoretical", and their thoughts about married life as well
> often take on the characteristics of "theories". "
> Jean Piaget, The growth of logical thinking from childhood to
adolescence, 1958.

I am unclear if Piaget was argueing the girls dreamt of "theoretical
husbands" or the "dreams of the husband" were theoretical?

Nate

>
> Dr. Mary Bryson, Associate Professor,
> Faculty of Education, UBC
> Principal Co-Investigator: GenTech Project
>
> http://www.educ.sfu.ca/gentech/
>
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