Anyway, this is what "contextualist" brings up for me, but as Bakhtin says
through Wertsch's mouth -- this might just be the "voice" or "voices" that
I'm giving the term.
Louise
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>From: Ethel Tobach <tobach who-is-at amnh.org>
>To: xmca who-is-at weber.ucsd.edu, xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
>Subject: Re: what silence?
>Date: Fri, Mar 19, 1999, 02:33 PM
>
>Quickly: there is a tendency in general for "buzz" words to be used by
>people who are writing in haste and frequently their language is "shaped"
>by editors, publishers, etc. I wish I had time to look up the history of
>"contextualism" but my memory only dredges up the name of Richard M.
>Lerner...and contextualism has been featured in biology, genetics, and
>other places as well as in reference to Vygotsky.
>
>
>Ethel
>
>At 11:49 AM 3/18/99 -0800, Mike Cole wrote:
>>
>>Folks need something to think and chat about? Here is a question which
>>I think could use some discussion.
>>
>>Why is it that in a variety of textbooks, Vygotsky is referred to as a
>>contextualist? I have asked this question before, and it tends to get
>>the kind of silence that indicates everyone is busy grading exams or
>>is on vacation in Hawaii. :-)
>>
>>I am particularly interested in citations from LSV for this characterization.
>>That is, the question is not, "what is the relation between CHAT" and
>>contextualism?" ( a fine question in its own right!) but what evidence do
>>we have that LSV was a contextualist.
>>
>>Non-silent in so cal.
>>mike
>>
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