Pedro says:
<The gremlins have me here in a diglossic state..still can't=20
post..pedro>
So once again I will forward a posting on his behalf. He wrote:
<<<Thanks Kim for your interest. I appreciate your sending it out to the=20
list serve, it will open up the discussion again re. the extent
to which any mind can advance further thru the deliberate organization=20
of contexts for learning and activities designed to share tools.=20
With your population it would seem all the more important to assist=20
development strategically by lending theoretical knowledge (see Karpov &=20
Bransford 1995, J. of Ed Psych or Reuven Fuerstein w/ mediated learning)=20
in the accumulation of learning activities.
It seems important for those parents especially to know how to cash in=20
the notion that building mini cultures around the children's dev can=20
offer useful options in their dev. ...a dynamic view vs. the static=20
notion inherent in labeling the indiv. that locates the problem almost=20
exclusively in the head. Tailoring mediated learning to indiv. needs is=20
not necessarily 'remediation' which carries often unnecessary=20
baggage.>>>
I like Pedro's notion of 'building mini cultures' that create an=20
intensified learning environment. =20
What do others think?
Thank you Pedro for the thoughts and the references.
Regards from Down Under
Kim Cooney
Brisbane, Australia
Griffith University - http://www.edn.gu.edu.au/
School of Cognition Language and Special Education: =20
Email: K.Cooney who-is-at edn.gu.edu.au
or
KimCooney who-is-at bigpond.com or kimcooney@hotmail.com
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