Re: Confused in California

Mike Cole (mcole who-is-at weber.ucsd.edu)
Mon, 12 Jan 1998 08:19:51 -0800 (PST)

Phillip-- I read Gary's revised response before reading your first note,
figuring I had missed it from an earlier day.

Yes, how about using some activity theory to explain how, first,
classrooms actually work. Seems to me that is pretty much what activity
theory types who study classrooms DO, including your important point
that we need to keep in mind that schools, as activity systems, have
the creation of failure as a major part of their social function.
mike