Re: [xmca] "higher psychic function"

[Bella Kotik-Friedgut <bella.kotik@gmail.com>]

Colette asked for  a concept  "that it be best read/understood/accepted by
educationalists (more specifically, science education researchers)
in such a case  it seems that  "Extension of psychological mediatory
function" does not fit the context Bella Kotik-.



On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Huw Lloyd <huw.softdesigns@gmail.com>wrote:

> On 13 February 2012 12:09, Bella Kotik-Friedgut <bella.kotik@gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> >  Dear Colette my off-list note returned rejected by your server, so:
> >
> >  I use "higher mental functions" or sometimes "higher psychological
> > functions", but the first is preferable.
> > --
> > Sincerely yours Bella Kotik-Friedgut
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Colette Murphy <c.a.murphy@qub.ac.uk
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > Dear All
> > > I'd be very interested to hear your views on how to edit/reword/rewrite
> > > the phrase "higher psychic function" in relation to Vygotsky's CH
> theory
> > so
> > > that it be best read/understood/accepted by educationalists (more
> > > specifically, science education researchers)?
> >
>
>
> Perhaps it would be better to use a term that pointed to the phenomena,
> such as "Extension of psychological mediatory function".  "Higher" relates
> the phenomena to other psychological theories but points away from the
> phenomena -- one is left considering why one function is higher than
> another whilst embedding the ideas in an (unnecessary) analogical framework
> of "height = abstraction" or "higher as in high church" in which case one
> is even further removed from a precise formulation using a metaphorical
> frame.
>
>
> > I'm happy to engage off-list
> > > if this query is better treated that way.
> >
>
> This is clearly on-topic in many ways.
>
> Kind regards,
> Huw
>
>
>
> > > Thanks a million
> > > Colette
> > >
> > > Dr Colette Murphy
> > > Senior Lecturer
> > > School of Education
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> > > Queen's University
> > > Belfast BT7 1HL
> > >
> > > tel: 02890975953
> > >
> > > “Why is it, in spite of the fact that teaching by pouring in, learning
> by
> > > passive absorption, are universally condemned, that they are still so
> > > entrenched in practice?”
> > >
> > >          John Dewey Democracy in Education 1916, Page 46
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Sincerely yours Bella Kotik-Friedgut
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