Chapter 9 (and oj on the breakfast table?)
Francoise Herrmann (fherrmann who-is-at igc.apc.org)
Wed, 4 Oct 1995 12:58:50 -0700
-What kind of insight do we get in data analysis of peer
collaboration when we interpret in light of Vygotsky's theoretical
framework? How much more do we see and how is this perspective
really different from a traditional pre-test, post-test analysis
of activity where all approaches to learning meet in their quest
to show cognitive growth? Chapter nine of Contexts for Learning
answers each of these questions clearly and unambiguously.
-In a nutshell, using such Vygotskyan concepts as mediated action,
intervening socio-cultural variables and the unsplit relationship
between cognitive development and other forms of development such
as the social and the emotional, we get a healthier and more human
picture of peer-collaboration, where the focus is on the
relationship between co-participants and its success. This picture
is shown to sharply contrast with a traditional pre-post test
approach where what counts has been necessarily pre-determined.
Francoise Francoise Herrmann fherrmann who-is-at igc.org