my name is janice acker and i accidently got on this mailing list and
would like for you to inform me of how i can be taken off. the reason for
this is because i am 17 and i don't understand half the stuff that you are
writing about so if you could help me out i would really appreciate it.
thanks,
janice
At 06:56 AM 8/26/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Edouard and Louise--
> As I understand it, the cultural-historical paradigm does a
>pretty good job of understanding human development in our mediated
>world. This is not to say that the cultural-historical psychologists
>for the 20's-30's are a reliable source of current paleontological
>evidence. As Jim Wertsch, myself, and others ahve pointed out, they
>subscribed to the "two point" theory subscribed to anthropologists
>like Kroeber (I mean't "critical point theory"), which is an error
>at all levels of developmental change.
> What changes in current dominant theories of human evolution
>need re-writing in light of what current evidence? To what effect
>in understanding current human development around the world and in
>classrooms with computers? :-)
>mike
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