Re: [xmca] The Movement to Restore Children’s Play Gains Momentum - NYTimes.com

[mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>]

That quotation, Tony, as retro as it sounds, is a pretty precise description
of Mark Warschauer's findings in his book on the digital divide, Tony. Very
sobbering when it is found as part of the local ethnotheory. Nice
confirmation of theoretical expectations, but nothing nice about it in
practice

(David, in this case could we take practice to be the criterion of the
validity of the analysis? Seems plausible to me).

mike

On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Tony Whitson <twhitson@udel.edu> wrote:

> Another article on the same project, featuring one of the principals, can
> be seen here:
>
> http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2011/dec/golinkoff-holiday-toys-120910.html
>
> This article celebrates the cultivation of creativity, vs. school-type
> bubble testing, as follows:
>
> "Do you want your child to be the boss or do you want your child to be the
> drone?" she asks. "If you want your child to be the drone, don't worry about
> the development of creativity, just get them things where they have to fill
> in bubbles like in school.
>
> "But if you want your child to be the boss. Then get them things that will
> help them think about new ways to solve problems."
>
>
>
> On Sat, 8 Jan 2011, mike cole wrote:
>
>  Interesting in light of recent discussions.
>> mike
>>
>> The Movement to Restore Children’s Play Gains Momentum -
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>> <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/garden/06play.html?_r=1>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/garden/06play.html?_r=1
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