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Re: [xmca] The Human Spark

Just in time. Larry.
And I teach about all this tomorrow a.m.
Terrific series for introducing students to the issues. However, Tomasello
makes teaching one of his differentia between species.
Got to write to him about that, since he quotes Bruner in recent writing.
Bruner famously wrote that there was no evidence whatsoever of teaching
among the Kung San Busmen. (not pc term, but I cannot keep track of what
is).

Anyway, very timely and I will be sure to watch. Bless time shifting this
one "time."

Pray for the people of Haiti and if you can, send $$. They are in such
horrible shape that only that most abstract of "goods" is apt to do any good
in the short run.
:-(
mike

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 6:38 PM, Larry Purss <lpurss@shaw.ca> wrote:

> I just watched PBS from Detroit and they were interviewing Tomesello in a
> documentary narrated by Alan Alda called "The Human Spark" It is the 2nd
> part of a 3 part series. Next week is the role of language is evolutionary
> human development.  Today's program focused on the centrality of "teaching
> and learning" as the social foundation of what makes us unique.
> It's fascinating to see these topics discussed on public TV.
> They also say that there is an interactive website that can be accessed
> from PBS.
> It is being telecast at 8PM tonight  Pacific Time on the West Coast.
> I hope this e-mail reaches some of you in time to watch it.
> Larry
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