Re: simple play and development

Artin Goncu, Ph.D. (goncu who-is-at uic.edu)
Sat, 23 Oct 1999 08:57:05 -0700

Mike--
I wonder if any of the chapters in my edited volume "Children's engagement
in the world: Sociocultural perspectives" would be of help to your
students. Also, Joe Becker and I have published a paper called "Some
contributions of Vygotsky's theory to Early Education" in which we built on
Vygotsky's theory in talking about play and problem-solving. If you are
interested, I will send you a copy of that paper. Best, Artin

At 09:00 AM 10/22/99 -0700, you wrote:
>
>Dear XMCA-ites-- I am doing some teaching via DL with a junior college
>class. I was planning on giving them Vygotsky on play, but from ongoing
>experience. I know that it would take more support than I can provide
>for this to be a good experience for them. What do people recommend at
>a simpler, synthetic, level that might be good on play, learning, and
>development as a sub?
>mike
>
>
Artin Goncu, Ph.D
Associate Professor
The University of Illinois at Chicago
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