Brice,
I know I write for all of us in affirming that there is definitely room for someone like you and that we look forward to you joining us.....
Gary's decaffinated ideation seems intriguing, he should be nominated to play Pierce and thus enlighten many of us.
I am awaiting a response from a member of the Dewey SIG but perhaps Eugene already initiated that??
Is AERA now restricting the number of roundtables??
pedro
----- Original Message -----
From: fbruce38@aol.com
To: twhitson@udel.edu ; ematusov@udel.edu
Cc: mcole@weber.ucsd.edu ; xmca@weber.ucsd.edu ; ch-sig@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [ch-sig] RE: dewey sig
I'm a potential new participant in your "group" and have been following the
conversation, without comment, for several months -- wondering if it might be
appropriate for an ordinary unpublished college instructor to make a comment
or two. However, after reading the last several email, I could not resist:
I am interested in the recent suggestion that the next conference focus on ".
. . Socio-cultural (Vygotsky et al.) and Pragmati(sti)c (Peirce, Dewey,
Mead)? . . . NOT putting the focus on best exegesis of these thinkers, but
rather what are the concerns we have for which their contributions are
helpful to us, and how so, and how are we enlightened by the convergences and
divergences among them?"
My interest/concern is in applying Vygotsky's thought to the enterprise of
providing quality (whatever that is) classroom experiences for
"adults-in-college," that is, non-traditional, over age 25, working adults
who have returned to college. I am attempting to join Vygotsky, Dewey, and
Jean Lave's ideas (and to some extent Mead's) to form communities of practice
and create zones of assistance for people who have been out of the classrooms
of higher education for 10, 20, 30, and sometimes 40 years. For me, this is
one of the great challenges in education and I'm interested in the views of
people outside the regular story-line that comes from the work of so-called
"adult educators."
I am a converted radical behaviorist/instructional systems designer who has
been in and out of the university as a student and/or adjunct instructor for
40 years; one who completed a University of Virginia Ph.D. (Social
Foundations with Eric Bredo) last year at age 62. I decided to join the
conversation because I'm interested in knowing if there's a place for a
person like me in your group. I hope to attend your next conference.
Bruce
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