Thanks Victor. That's a great help,
Andy
At 11:13 AM 17/10/2003 +0200, you wrote:
>Valsiner, Jaan and Rene Van de Veer. "On the social nature of human
>cognition: An analysis of the shared intellectual roots of George Herbert
>Mead and Lev Vygotsky. In Lev Vygotsky: Critical Assessments: Vygotsky's
>theory Vol 1 edited by Peter Lloyd. New York: Routledge (1999):145-164.
>Also check out the online pdf article ]Dewey and Vygotsky: Society,
>Experience, and Inquiry in Educational Practice at
>www.aera.net/pubs/er/pdf/vol30_04/AERA300402.pdf - 16 Oct 2003. True, this
>refers to Dewey rather than Mead, but Dewey and GH are very similar in
>theory. This article suggests that Mead, through Dewey had considerable
>influences on Soviet theory of education and social psychology.
>
>"Dewey and Vygotsky in Historical Context There are historically based
>explanations for both the strong similarities
>In 1928 Dewey visited the Soviet Union (although the schools were closed for
>vacation for most of the time he was there). Prawat (2001) recounts how
>Dewey visited Second Moscow University during this trip at the time Vygotsky
>was a rising young star there. Dewey certainly met with Blonsky, Vygotsky's
>compatriot, and Prawatt (2001) builds a fairly strong circumstantial case
>that Dewey actually met with Vygotsky. This only adds to the probability
>that Dewey influenced Vygotsky's early work.
>
> Enough for now
>Victor
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Andy Blunden" <ablunden@mira.net>
>To: <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
>Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 3:15 AM
>Subject: George Herbert Mead
>
>
> > Do any of you xmca-ers have a critique of George Herbert mead from the
> > Vygotsky perspective at your finger tips? or a "compare and contrast"?
> >
> > Andy
> >
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