[Xmca-l] Re: ...kind of like guarding Lenin's tomb

[Huw Lloyd]

Hi Anthony,

If a child predicates their enjoyment on winning, then they will tend to
avoid anything that they believe casts them in a bad light. They end up
being over-confident about some activities and under-confident about
others. Whereas what is sought is true confidence which comes from
understanding the nature of understanding, and is best supported by
enjoyment in doing. The enjoyment-in-winning is an external,
frequently superficial, measure, the enjoyment-in-doing is one's own
internal measure which carries its own sense and meaning.

Best,
Huw



On Fri, 29 May 2020 at 14:27, Anthony Barra <anthonymbarra@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Huw.
>
> I have a six year old too. Why might a disinclination to be cast as a
> weaker performer be problematic? I am interested but also think I might be
> missing or misunderstanding something.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Anthony
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 5:48 PM Huw Lloyd <huw.softdesigns@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> There's an impressive account by Smirnova of a preschool class coming to
>> voluntarily take control of their quietude via a game of "who woke teddy?"
>> in JREEP 52/4.
>>
>> A challenge I have wth a near 6 year old is his emphasis upon wanting to
>> win games and consequent shyness with activities that cast him as a weaker
>> performer.
>>
>> Best,
>> Huw
>>
>> On Thu, 28 May 2020 at 18:52, mike cole <mcole@ucsd.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Great question (s), Anthony!
>>>
>>> Of the shiny top of my head I can identify another. This is from Vivian
>>> Paley.
>>> It explicitly answers the question of "is this a once and for all
>>> change, or a bud that sprouted in just this one rare
>>> circumstance."
>>> Attached.
>>> mike
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 9:53 AM Anthony Barra <anthonymbarra@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear educators of XMCA -
>>>>
>>>> I think I have a good question this time!  To avoid redundancy, I
>>>> searched the archives for answers and found an interesting thread from ten
>>>> years ago.  But I still want to ask this here:
>>>>
>>>> What kinds of "guarding Lenin's tomb" type activities have you thought
>>>> of and/or used in order to support development?
>>>>
>>>> In this great little 2-minute clip, Mike Cole discusses Manuilenko's
>>>> tomb-guarding experiment: https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://tiny.cc/znnvpz__;!!Mih3wA!RjHVucoBwvA0K3IHaHaMQcqhHGPB6NWuHUsQQ6xIHaetvho-hFNYFKTwM675LFJvG2M7zw$ 
>>>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://tiny.cc/znnvpz__;!!Mih3wA!QnyDKMmlGuxChw2AzXV_HvcVQlE8oeBivNWuK6vHi8K43tjlH2D14vGQwFlSGpHZ8pMhQA$>
>>>>
>>>> One can't help but try to think up other types of games (e.g., the
>>>> Quiet Game on long car rides) that can function as cultural tools when the
>>>> biological alone aren't cutting it.
>>>>
>>>> On a side note, the short video brought a number of questions to mind
>>>> for me, such as:
>>>> - where are 'the buds'?
>>>> - what are the qualitative reorganizations here?
>>>> - why are the buds (e.g, of volition) not yet present for the 3
>>>> year-olds, present for the 5 year-olds, and already flowered for the 8
>>>> year-olds? (ages are approximate, I know)
>>>> - how temporary is the 5 year-olds' improved volition? Does it wear
>>>> off? It is now 'activated' for good?
>>>> - for the 8 year-olds, is volition fully developed for tasks such as
>>>> standing still but still in the 'bud' stage for more demanding acts of will?
>>>>
>>>> But those side questions are not the target of this post. Instead, my
>>>> question of the day is (I think a fun one):  What kinds of "guarding
>>>> Lenin's tomb" type activities have you thought of and/or used in order to
>>>> support development?  (Any age or stage or setting will do)
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>>
>>>> Anthony
>>>>
>>>>
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