Right on Kathryn!
----- Original Message -----
From: Kathryn Alexander <Kathryn_Alexander@sfu.ca>
To: <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 9:51 AM
Subject: RE: good books?
> > Hi Eric. The article was by Michael Glassman and is available
> >on-line http://www.aera.net/pubs/er/toc/er3004.htm djc
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >From: MnFamilyMan@aol.com [mailto:MnFamilyMan@aol.com]
> >Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 9:06 PM
> >To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
> >Subject: Re: good books?
> >
> >Don,
> >
> >As far as articles go I would reccomend the Dewey v. Vygotsky article
from
> >Educational Research, pardon me but the author escapes me and I
> >borrowed my
> >copy to a freind. It is well written and extremely understandable. I
> >would
> >consider it a must read for any ed. psych related course. Just one
> >example
> >of many for its importance but I was left with much respect for both
> >theories
> >and find myself thinking that perhaps a teacher cannot ignore either
> >Theororist's methodolgy but instead needs to shift between the two
> >depending
> >upon the development of an individual's learning or the environment in
> >which
> >a something is being taught.
> >
> >No longer complaining of too much rain,
> >Eric
>
>
>
> don't you folks find it quite embarrassing that Glassman is suggesting
> that a summer holiday stint by Dewey influenced Vygotsky's life long
> investigations, and that this is a plausible theory?
>
>
> Does Vygotsky, a generous and dedicated diarist who gives tremendous
> credit to all and any who entered his sphere, mention this all so
> important influence?
>
> just wondering? Not a vygotsky scholar, but hearing from some former
> Moscow students who studied his life works.
>
> call me mystified?
>
> Kathryn
>
>
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>
> Kathryn Alexander,
> Faculty of Education,
> Simon Fraser University,
> Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6 Canada
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