With regard to play, Suzanne Gaskins and I argued that Vygotsky is not a
contextualist. The papers making this point were published in the LCHC
Newsletter in 1988 and 1992 !! Best, Artin
At 07:48 PM 6/9/03 -0700, you wrote:
>
>I would greatly appreciate people's ideas about whether or not you consider
>Vygotsky to have been a contextualist. I have been surveying books on
>theories of cognitive development where he is so considered. But isn't
>LSV that person who said that the special characteristic of humans is to
>supercede local context? On the surface at least, this seems like a
>contradiction or a misunderstanding.
>
>This question is not motivated by the question on assessment that appeared
>earlier today. But the two issues are not independent of each other. K Vann
>in an ealier issue of MCA reviewed the *Contexts of Learning" book and
>noted that issues of assessment seemed conspicuosly absent.
>
>The race for common discussion of the post Foot discussion is running neck
>and neck. Vote early, and vote often, if you come from Chicago and can
>hack the system! :-)
>mike
>
>
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