Re: [xmca] Uneven development and weakest chain analysis in Vygotsky

[ulvi icil <ulvi.icil@gmail.com>]

Thanks Mike.

Ulvi






2009/12/17, mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>:
>
> Ulvi--
>
> Nice connection. By chance I have done some work with colleagues
> in Brasil with kids who suffer perinatal stroke and traumatic brain injury
> using the 5th Dimension work as a method. The results, soon to be reported
> in a Brazilian journal (very short report, here in English draft form) are
> attached.
> Bottom line. Participation in tertiary artifact/soci-cultural world of the
> 5th Dimension leads to a variety of developmentally positive outcomes for
> these kids. We are still analyzing this result.
> mike
>
> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:54 AM, ulvi icil <ulvi.icil@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> > For those who are familiar with the theory of uneven development and the
> > breaking of a chain from its weakest ring,
> >
> > an analysis from Vygotsky, that I was expecting since long time to find
> in
> > his works..., because the above two are two important developing
> > methodological elements in Marxism at the beginning of 20th century,
> > especially with Lenin (uneven development of capitalism and theory of
> > imperialism, then breaking of the imperialist chain from its weakest
> ring;
> > long before that, uneven development within the working class > theory of
> > organization, 1902)
> >
> >  "...the higher psychological processes (of an abnormal child) usually
> > suffer more than the elementary ones. The underdevelopment of the higher
> > processes is not primarily, but secondarily conditioned by the defect.
> > Consequently, they represent the weakest link in an abnormal child's
> chain
> > of symptoms. Therefore, it is where all educational efforts should be
> > directed, in order to break the chain at its weakest point" (Col. Works,
> > Plenum Press, p. 199)
> >
> > Dear Andy, finally, I found it !
> >
> > As an hypothesis, I think that thinking on Vygotsky's theory, a theory so
> > much based on the idea of process and development, together with uneven
> > development, mayl be fruitful in some respects
> >
> >
> > Ulvi
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