On this dialectics, I recommend a more recent and not widely known book by
an eminent and smart Russian activity theorist, Boris Bratus:
-Bratus, B. S. (1990). Anomalies of personality: From the deviant to the
norm. Orlando: Paul M. Deutsch Press.
Yrjo Engestrom
on 22.6.2000 20:00, Bill Barowy at wbarowy@lesley.edu wrote:
> At 10:16 AM -0500 6/22/00, Rosa Graciela Montes wrote:
>> LSV's interest in "defectology" or "pathology". Do these observations
>> transfer easily to other aspects?
>
> Yes, Rosa. While the science education's 'misconceptions' research is now
> viewed by many to be problematic, those studies did indicate the importance of
> recognizing the contributions of student's prior knowledge and
> interpretive/constructive processes in learning.
>
> The question you raise for me is whether defectology can be described
> dialectically as a contradiction between individual performance and normed
> (collective) performance. Same on the other side of the curve -- "gifted".
>
> bb
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