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Tue, 12 Sep 1995 11:34:56 -0500 (CDT)
I am currently an assistant professor in the Human Development Family
Studies program at the University of Houston. It is a very small department
with only two members. I have two major interests, neither of them very
well worked out as of yet. One is to develop an Activity Theory based
theory of moral development, in which morality is guided by goals and
motives developed through interaction within a technological society. The
other is to explore what I have come to call emergent activity (other people
may call it other things) - the way in which thinking necessarily emerges
out of activity. I have been influenced, I suppose by a diverse bunch of
theorists. My favorite book in human development continues to be Piaget's
-The Moral Judgment of the Child-. My favorite piece of writing, in and
out of the field of human development, is the chapter "Thought and Word" in
Vygotsky's -Thinking and Speech-. I find Kohlberg's arguments compelling,
but I find that he does not speak to the types of questions that I find
important at this point. I have found that Leontiev has quite a bit to
him, more than it seems he has been given credit recently, and I think
that it is a grave mistake not to recognize the connection between
Vygotsky and Leontiev. I also find that Bronfenbrenner has important
connections to issues raised by Vygotsky that have not been fully
explored. I also feel that Vygotsky had important influences from
Stanislavsky, especially his work on motivation from -On Being an
Actor-. That's a screen, I believe. Anybody have any questions, please
write.
Michael Glassman
Unviersity of Houston
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