Bill-- Simply using google at the lchc home page will bring up dozens
of pages of references to prior discussions of this topic with lots of
releavnt references in them.
mike
On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 15:53:55 -0500, William E. Blanton
<blantonw@miami.edu> wrote:
> Some 10 years ago we had a very long and informative discussion on
> scaffolding. The thread should appear in a search of the archives. If I
> remember correctly, the discussion occurred just before we transformed the
> multiple discussion lists (xwar, etc.) into xmca.
>
> BB
>
> At 05:09 PM 1/22/2005 +0700, Phil Chappell wrote:
> >I've always cited Wood, D.J., J.S. Bruner, and G. Ross, The role of
> >tutoring in problem solving, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry,
> >1976. 17(2): p. 89-100 as the pioneering paper, Nate. Then Bruner's book
> >(oops, there goes the memory) published not long after that.
> >
> >Interesting coincidence - just returned from a second language conference
> >where scaffolding was bandied around so carelessly that it seemed to
> >become a metaphor for any activity or learning materials applied by the
> >teacher in teaching/learning moments.
> >
> >Phil
> >On 22/01/2005, at 4:08 AM, willthereallsvpleasespeakup who-is-at nateweb.info wrote:
> >
> >>Is Bruner the agreed upon "author" of scaffold in American consciousness?
> >>
> >>--
> >>Website: http://nateweb.info/
> >>Blog: http://levvygotsky.blogspot.com/
> >>Email: willthereallsvpleasespeakup who-is-at nateweb.info
> >>
> >>"The zone of proximal development defines those functions that have not
> >>yet matured but are in the process of maturation, functions that will
> >>mature tomorrow but are currently in an embryonic state. These functions
> >>could be termed the buds or flowers of development rather than
> >>the "fruits" of development. The actual developmental level characterizes
> >>mental development retrospectively, while the zone of proximal
> >>development characterizes mental development prospectively."
> >>- L.S.V.
> >>
>
>
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