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Re: [xmca] Istitutionalized age levels

Short answer to your last question, Larry. Yes.
mike

On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Larry Purss <lpscholar2@gmail.com> wrote:

> Andy, Mike and others
>
> Mike, the phrase "institutionalized age levels" as historically particular
> developmental paths to participation in meaningful activities seems to be a
> very promising way to consider the regular patterns of age specific
> transitions.
>
> Taking a similar developmental framework,  I have wondered about the shifts
> from "play" to "work" as particular stages of development.
> Could institutionalized transitions from one form of activity to another
> explain this transformation?  From this perspective, Vygotsky, in the
> 1920's, was developing theory when 17 year olds were making the transition
> from school to work [and the corresponding institutional pressures to
> develop in particular kinds of formations.]  If today we are "discovering"
> a
> new stage of transitional adulthood, with empirical studies which verify
> this stage, could it be the result of new institutional arrangements
> emerging in the 21st century?
>
> Larry
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