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On 12/6/06, Mike Cole <lchcmike@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks! I wonder why Ana did not herself point to this!!
> mike
>
> On 12/6/06, Hendranus Vermeulen <hendranus@gmail.com > wrote:
> >
> > Hi Mike
> >
> > In my search for clarity regarding the many sects of constructivism and
> > their relations to CHAT, I came across an interesting article yesterday:
> > "Embracing History through Transforming It: Contrasting Piagetian versus
> > Vygotskian (Activity) Theories of Learning and Development to Expand
> > Constructivism within a Dialectical View of History" by Eduardo Vianna and
> > Anna Stetsenko ( http://web.gc.cuny.edu/Psychology/developmental/Anna/Vianna&Stetsenko.pdf
> > ). Have you come across it?
> >
> > In it the authors develops distinctions between the general and more
> > specifics of constructivism on the theoretical grounds of Piaget, Vygotsky
> > and CHAT.
> >
> > The authors imply that constructionism does not emphasize either Piaget
> > either Vygotsky's contributions: "Representatives of social constructionism,
> > for example, rarely engage in dialogues with Piagetian cognitive
> > constructivism, and Vygotsky's cultural-historical theory is typically
> > perceived as a frame-work that emphasizes the social origins of mind and has
> > little to do with constructivism" (Vianna and Stetsenko 2006).
> >
> > Constructionism consequently emphasizes the social mechanisms of
> > development and largely ignores the cognitive aspects: "One prominent line
> > of constructivist approaches is based on the centrality of human action in
> > the emergence of social reality and can be termed psychological
> > constructivism. This line of theories focuses on the centrality of
> > psychological processes and human subjectivity in the production of both
> > human development and social processes—in contradistinction to social
> > constructionism, which focuses on societal-level transactions as the
> > ultimate level of analysis and regards human subjectivity as fleeting
> > products of powerful social forces, especially discourse" (Vianna and
> > Stetsenko 2006).
> >
> > Vianna, E. and A. Stetsenko (2006). "Embracing History through
> > Transforming It: Contrasting Piagetian versus Vygotskian (Activity) Theories
> > of Learning and Development to Expand Constructivism within a Dialectical
> > View of History." Theory & Psychology 16(1): 81-108.
> >
> > Hope that you find this useful
> > Hendranus
>
>
>
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