Re: Vygotsky and context

From: Mike Cole (mcole@weber.ucsd.edu)
Date: Tue Jun 10 2003 - 14:09:57 PDT


For those interested in this thread, the two Gaskins and Goncu papers
on play are available in the archives at lchc.ucsd.edu under newsletters.
They are pdf files, but can be printed out easily enough.

Dates: October 1988, Vol. 10, No. 4, 104-107
       April, 1992, Vol. 14, No. 2, 31-34

"Neither Vygotsky's nor Piaget's theory would predict normal variation
ini play, or would help interpret the importances of differences found
among the Maya" (1992, p. 33)

A socio-cultural theory which emphasizes the context of interaction and
the context of meaning is proposed.

Now, how do we reconcile this characterization of LSV and the way in which the
term context is being used with Ana's version of LSV as contextualist wherin
the individual is both creator and user of context in a manner similar to the
way Rogoff denies separation of invidual and context?

And, why, in standard intros to theories of development is Vygotsky
introduced as a contextualist?

What do you-all think?
mike



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