BTW I have a good portion of the book in PDF if anyone is interested. I
would also add that she acknowledges and draws out a "class analysis" of
such terms as "more" "little" "lot" etc.
Nate
At 02:22 PM 12/14/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Andy, Paul -- are you familiar with Walkerdine? (*The master of reason*) --
>she looks at kids' socialization into mathematics as a communicative
>process embedded in meaning-making practices at home including role play
>around money
>
>Judy
>
>At 09:59 PM 12/14/00 +1100, you wrote:
> >Does anyone know of a work in the Vygotsky School which deals with money?
> >
> >For example, has any maths teacher in the CHAT tradition discussed why
> >children who cannot do 6-2=4 know that if they have $6 and lose $2 then
> >they have $4 left? Has anyone studied the development in a child of the
> >idea that labour should be exchanged? of the concept of value? of why
> >wage-slavery is more respectable than domestic servitude but less
> >prestigious than exploiting others?
> >
> >There's a lot of material about knowledge, but has anyone in the Vygotsky
> >school talked about ethics?
> >
> >Andy
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> >| All mysteries which lead theory to mysticism find their rational |
> >| solution in human practice and in the comprehension of this practice.|
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> >
> >
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