Re: [xmca] Time perception in childhood

["Ana Paula B. R. Cortez" <apbrcortez@yahoo.com.br>]

Hi, Mike!
Sorry to ask this question (it may be too silly), but what specific factors do you believe produce such results specially after 7? I mean, social factors. I ask you this because this used to be the age considered the "turning point" in an individual's life in the past, since that was the common age kids started school. But what about nowadays, when kids start socializing with school peers/teachers at very low ages, sometimes in many different languages? 
I work with bilingual education and I'm very much interested in this discussion.
Thanks,
 
Ana Paula 



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 De: mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>
Para: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu> 
Enviadas: Segunda-feira, 27 de Maio de 2013 13:56
Assunto: Re: [xmca] Time perception in childhood
 

Ulvi--

Two things to consider.

1. A good deal of research points to a major "spurt" as well as
reorganization of interfunctional brain systems at about age 7. This is why
in our textbook on child development my wife and I used the notion of
"bio-social-behavioral shift" in a cognitive context to indicate the
mixture of factors that come together to produce such rapid changes.

2. Why do you discount the role of instruction in this rapid change? Assume
there was a rapid brain change, would the changes you observe had occurred
if there had been no intervening instruction? Seems like a LOT of highly
organized experience co-incided with any brain changes.

These questions in no way diminish the astonishment we feel when we are
privileged to be present at such "moments"! Neat.
mike

On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Ulvi İçil <ulvi.icil@gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Greg,
>
> My son is born on 2005 , May.
>
> So just one year ago those days, in May 2012, when seven, he was unable,
> and now he is.
>
> But real , focused ear training began in December 1st. So not even one
> year, just 6 months.
>
> Ulvi
>
> 2013/5/27 Greg Thompson <greg.a.thompson@gmail.com>
>
> > Ulvi,
> > Fascinating.
> > What were the ages of your son before and after getting the notes?
> >
> > I don't think that here in the u.s. we are any better at attending to
> > natural development across time. Instead, we use it as a sorting
> mechanism
> > and the parents who are insistent enough for a long enough time will
> > generally have their children recognized as being more capable,
> competent,
> > smart, etc. b.c. if you keep insisting on having your child tested,
> > eventually they will have experienced the further developments and be
> able
> > to do the task (and much of school sorting is predicated upon pushing the
> > tests earlier than is developmentally appropriate - b.c. otherwise almost
> > all of the kids would be able to do them - in which case it would be
> > useless as a sorting mechanism). The trick is to get a special exception
> > for your child later. Since schools don't seem to notice developmental
> > time, their major concern for them is the bureaucratic one of having to
> > make an exception. The tragedy, of course, is that those who are have the
> > cultural capital to get the exception are the upper-middle- and upper-
> > class folks. Good old American meritocracy!
> >
> > Would love to hear of an educational system that truly takes development
> > into account.
> >
> > -greg
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 5:19 PM, Ulvi İçil <ulvi.icil@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Is Diana Deutsch a member of xmca?
> > >
> > > Well, I intend to share an experience about the development of my son's
> > > hearing of single notes and melodies.
> > >
> > > Not even one year, but around 8 months ago, my son was unable in
> general
> > to
> > > spell the correct name of a single note on the piano, put aside the
> > melody
> > > consisting of 8 to 10 notes. (He is born in 2005, May), when his back
> > > turned against the piano.
> > >
> > > He started to take lessons from a conservatory teacher in September
> once
> > a
> > > week, regularly making sound exercises at home on a daily basis.
> > >
> > > During 8 months, I witnessed to his incredible development. For
> instance,
> > > during five minutes,  his back turned to piano, you can play
> continuosly
> > > and fastly single notes, interchangeably as you press the key he spells
> > the
> > > note and as he spells you press the key. It is astonishing that there
> is
> > > not a single mistake.
> > >
> > > The same is valid for melodies of 8 to 10 notes. His memory was very
> > weak 8
> > > months  ago not even to remember 3-4 notes successively. Now he can
> > repeat
> > > all kinds of melodies appropriate for his age.
> > >
> > > Is this due to the development of some brain parts with education? I
> > think
> > > so.
> > >
> > > I observe that the conservatory education here in Turkey does not take
> > into
> > > account the possible development of the brain and the teachers, who do
> > not
> > > make use of interdisciplinary research, evaluate the child at a given
> > > moment , as not having strong musical memory or not having good ear
> etc.
> > > whereas , as I witnessed it, the ear of the child , in fact, his brain
> > and
> > > his ear, develop in an incredible way.
> > >
> > > Well, the question is: Is our conservatory education in Turkey is too
> > much
> > > archaic (I mean not making use of interdisciplinary research on brain
> > > development with musical education) or is it somehow similar worldwide,
> > > tending to gain the "talented"  children and to start to eliminate
> others
> > > as soon as they do not hear at any given moment...
> > >
> > > After our experience about my son, I , once more, believed, in the
> > immense
> > > power of education for developing the children.
> > >
> > > Ulvi
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > From: Beth Ferholt <bferholt@gmail.com>
> > > Date: 2013/5/17
> > > Subject: Re: [xmca] Time perception in childhood
> > > To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> > >
> > >
> > > Ulvi -- do post the responses you receive, thanks! -- BTW, here in
> Sweden
> > > the preschool where I am working had a study of time organized by
> > children
> > > ... they forces their classmates to "be bored" (do nothing) and timed
> > them,
> > > then forced them to have fun (?) and timed them again, to see if time
> > > really goes faster when you are having fun than when you are bored ...
> > but
> > > then they had to build a time machine to correct some errors in the
> > > calculations.  Beth
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Ulvi İçil <ulvi.icil@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Dear all,
> > > >
> > > > I look for some basic references on time perception by children, how
> it
> > > > evolves in childhood, how it can be supported via scaffolding, best
> > > parent
> > > > approaches to time management for children, relationship with
> > > > self-regulation, how it flows during intended activities (play) and
> > > > unintended (school work for some children) and so on?
> > > > In addition, its relationship with music education (instrument,
> > > > specifically piano education) since I observe that it is a serious
> > > problem
> > > > for piano pedagogues to prevent their students mostly from playing
> fast
> > > > etc.
> > > > I appreciate any recommendation.
> > > > Ulvi
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