Re: David Kirshner <CIKIRS who-is-at LSUVM.SNCC.LSU.EDU>
Nazim Gumus (ngumus who-is-at dpt.gov.tr)
Tue, 23 Dec 1997 12:40:50 +0200
vera p john-steiner wrote:
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> Dear David,
> I appreciate your careful reading of our article and your response.
> Although we rely very heavily on Vygotsky's original texts, most
> of us also have used it as a starting point to develop additional
> notions and concepts. Cooperative learning was not as common in
> Vygotsky's time as it is now. They faced the challenge of teaching
> literacy to millions of people whose parents were unschooled. This created
> a different set of learning
> and teaching challenges than what we face to-day. I think the difference
> between our interpretations of sc theory and that of its critics is that
> we try to put some of these concepts into historical perspective.
> That is not always easy as psychology has traditionally been an
> ahistorical field.
> As my work focuses on creativity and collaboration I had to come
> to terms and overcome the narrow, modeling interpretation of ZPD,
> I see the construction of the new as linked(among other things) to
> complementarity between peers, and the dynamics of co-construction.
> So in my work both horizontal and vertical interactions are critical.
> I attempt to deal with these issues in a chapter as part of a volume that
> Peter Smagorinsky is editing. (If you are interested I will send it to
> you once I have finished editing it.)
> RH joins me in wishing you a good and interesting 1988,
> Vera
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> Vera P. John-Steiner
> Department of Linguistics
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> University of New Mexico
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RH joins me in wishing you a good and interesting <1988>
I would like to take into consideration one aspect of metacognitive
strategies...