Re: Questioning the Institution of Learning.
vera p john-steiner (vygotsky who-is-at unm.edu)
Wed, 5 Nov 1997 10:04:26 -0700 (MST)
In answering Steve's message I would like to stress that collaboration and
solo endeavors are not absolute choices. I remember learning a lot about
my own teaching when co-teaching a class in Learning and Cognition with
collegue whose work methods differed dramatically from my own. He provided
an important ZPD for me, and hopefully, I did the dame. It took a while to
appropriate and use in my teaching practices the consequences of that
collaborative effort. The experience made me ready for other joint
teaching activities, some of which were equally effective, others did not
open up a productive ZPD.
I would welcome some more comments from you Steve on the role of
collaboration among architects as I am engaged in writing a book on
intellectually productive collaborations, thanks, Vera John-Steiner
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Vera P. John-Steiner
Department of Linguistics
Humanities Bldg. 526
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
(505) 277-6353 or 277-4324
Internet: vygotsky who-is-at unm.edu
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