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RE: [xmca] zpd additional comment



Umen, Lois!

 

Michael G. Levykh, Ph.D.

 

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Subject: Re: [xmca] zpd additional comment

 

 

Amen, Michael!

 

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On Jun 3, 2009, at 10:00 PM, michael wrote:

 

> Dear Ulvi and All (interested in ZPD),

> 

> 

> 

> While I agree that Chaiklin is "dead on in his analysis on  

> [Vygotsky's]

> ZPD," his analysis, in my humble opinion, is NOT "ALIVE" either.  

> There is a

> clear discrepancy in Chaiklin's (2003) interpretation of the ZPD.  

> While he

> asserts that "the main features of the analysis of zone of proximal

> development [concern the] whole child" (p. 50), his account of the  

> whole

> child does not include explicit consideration of emotion. Yet, for  

> Vygotsky,

> affect is the beginning and the end of the child's entire  

> psychological

> development. Quoting Pistrak (reference unknown), Vygotsky (2004)  

> stated

> that "The convictions that we may inculcate in school through  

> knowledge,

> only grow roots in the child's psyche when these convictions are  

> reinforced

> emotionally" (p. 55).  Surely, when dealing with the development of  

> the

> whole child, it is of paramount importance (according to Vygotsky)  

> not to

> separate intellectual from emotional features of the child's  

> development.

> 

> 

> 

> Michael G. Levykh, Ph.D.

> 

> 

> 

> 

> 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca- 

> bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On

> Behalf Of ulvi icil

> Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 12:13 PM

> To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity

> Subject: Re: [xmca] zpd

> 

> 

> 

> 

> 

> Many thanks

> 

> 

> 

> On 29/05/2009, ERIC.RAMBERG@spps.org <ERIC.RAMBERG@spps.org> wrote:

> 

>> 

> 

>> Ulvi:

> 

>> 

> 

>> here is a link to a comprehesive analysis of this concept:

> 

>> 

> 

>> http://lchc.ucsd.edu/MCA/ZOPEDS/Chailklin.pdf

> 

>> 

> 

>> Seth Chaiklin I believe is dead on in his analysis.

> 

>> 

> 

>> eric

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