Re: intermental and intramental planes
Genevieve Patthey-Chavez (ggpcinla who-is-at ucla.edu)
Sat, 28 Sep 1996 14:41:19 -0800
>Another striking aspect of the method is the use of highly evolved mediational
>means to *reverse* the process of internalization -- or, more precisely, to
>set the process of internalization back into motion where it has gotten stuck,
>so that one internalizes (and thus proceeds to reproduce) new relational
>patterns. This might sound flippant, but I wonder if similar methods could be
>used to help people unlearn bad math teaching.
>
>Phil Agre
>
One, I think it could.
Two, I think part of remediating essay writing for "at risk" students
involves a similar process of "externalizing" (Leontiev?) processes, making
them subjective objects for the writer to examine, re-examine, re-shape...
Three, why do you think it sounds flippant?
Genevieve