I first heard it in the late 1980's in ref. to Tharp & Gallimore's book
"Rousing Minds to Life" 1988, in connection with ZPD matching perhaps. The
term seems to have originated before then ???
pedro
At 11:19 AM 2/16/00 -0600, you wrote:
>Does anyone know the origin of the common phrase "teachable moment"? I
>would like to know if there was originally some particular theoretical
>orientation attached--now surely lost in the wide circulation of the term.
>
>David
>
>David R. Russell
>Professor
>English Department
>Iowa State University
>Ames, IA 50011 USA
>(515) 294-4724
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>
>
Pedro R. Portes
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