Yes and no, Eric. I have not read Vasiner, so I really can't speak to
his work.
Molly
MnFamilyMan@aol.com wrote:
> Molly;
>
> I thank you very much for engaging in this conversation of systems
> theory. Your comment left me with the impression you were not in
> favor of chaos theory for the explanatory model; perhaps I was
> mistaken [haha that would be ironic wouldn't it?]. In reading
> Valsiner and his assessment of current {1997 was publication of
> edition I read of Culture and the development of children's actions}
> systems theories is helpful in sorting that which is metaphor, that
> which is method and that which is crap (sic).
>
> Using metaphors for discussing psychology can be helpful for
> 'higher-level' discourse but at the level of practice metaphorical
> discussions do nothing but provide feel-good meeting time for staff:
> nothing else! This would then be the reason why I am a big fan of
> Vygotsky's notion of methodology and not so much a fan of theoretical
> mumbo-jumbo [eric's special technical term: )].
>
> Make sense?
> eric
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