Jim Wertsch
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> >Isn't it the case that sociocultural interpretations of mental phenomena do
> >not systematically distingusih between "psychological" (as in-the-head
> >private phenomena)and social (economic relations, power, etc)frameworks?
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> >Chris Francovich
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> I wouldn't exactly put it that way. I think it's more that sociocultural
> interpretations trace the complex relations between what goes on in the
> firing neurons and what goes on between people, places, the weather, etc.
> And they insist that these relations are important, that mind grows in
> society, in activity, while at the same time, the many processes dedicated
> to that growth ensure the continued existence of society and activity.
> To understand, perhaps even influence learning, requires a focus on those
> relations/relationships, on the dynamic, on the process, the movement,
> the (often multiple) dialectic of mind, culture, activity.
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> Still have at least one week to catch up on...
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> oh well...
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> genevieve
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