At 11.56 -0500 02-01-20, MnFamilyMan@aol.com told Diane, tho in public:
>Your observations of the culture of early childhood and of student-teaching
>hit the mark.
It did for me, too - like in your case there was a lot of resonance with my
own experiences in the teacher ed program. There wasn't this ultra-feminine
culture in the program I took, but like you and Diane I couldn't fit into
that wielding of teacherly authority, either. Unfortunately my way of being
non-authoritative with the young ones in a classroom didn't work out very
well either - I congratulate you, Eric, to having found a place where your
mode of being in a class-room is sought after (shan't say a place where
it's needed, because I think it's needed more places than it's sought
after).
>My biggest point of difference regarding this paper is that the
>concept of 'community of practice' appears to construct cultural
>phenomenon as being closed systems (see Valsiner in his Culture and the
>Development of Children's Actions, 1997). Although the 'community of
>practice' metaphor does explain people's behavior in cultural settings it
>does
>not exhibit a very sound method for soliciting change.
Sounds to me a lot like the disagrrements that Diane has got with the
concept as by Lave & Wenger. Is that what you mean, Eric?
best regards
Eva
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