I've been very busy , dear Peter ; just moments ago , I began reading the mails . The link was an unforgivable mistake ! Apologies to all ! I made for it however by sending the piece about improving the whole American educational system . That's no less than national or international demand for : social justice , education for all , etc. , the once familiar Capitalist slogans of : Freedom , Brotherhood (Fraternity) , Equality if I'm not wrong . No doubt , every INdividual person can , in his own turn , resist any evil through his thoughtful actions , but let's be fair that if 'streams' do not join , the oceans and seas will never be availed . That's what Evald Ilyenko maybe Marx and the activity theorists , Vygotsky , too , not discarding 'activity' , 'action' altogether , as a matter of fact , meant by 'man' as the 'ensemble of social relations' ; in this , lies what 'so-called spiritualists mean by 'eternity' , 'sacrificial act' , 'love' , and 'immortality' . I'm sure you've read David Bakhurst's detailed analysis of " ?? Soviet Philosophy , From ... to Ilyenko ??" ; it's almost fair ; Peter Jones wrote a piece about the book and offered his appreciation to David ; Ilyenko philosophized 'activity theory' , was a philosopher under suspicion (mareev) , cut his vein (theodore Oizerman in "studies in Russian philosophy") almost cleansed of unfair accusations . For those virtuous Mentors of mine who deal with this notorious facebook , I sent pieces in which Ilyenko highly appraises Leontiev and his concepts of activity and 'image' . What I want to say boils down to this : As participants in C H A T , let's not uproot and denounce ourselves and our ideas ?! As followers of Vygotsky , we'd better not create a chasm not to be roofed with any means ! Regards Haydi ________________________________ From: Peter Smagorinsky <smago@uga.edu> To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu> Sent: Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 20:21:25 Subject: RE: [xmca] whats-the-most-natural-way-to-learn-it-might-surprise-you/ Thanks to all for the various responses. I find it a bit surprising that what people on this network have taken for granted for a long time (in 2014, for instance, I'll celebrate my 20th year on xlchc/xmca) is viewed as a surprising, counter-intuitive new research finding by people in psychology departments. I don't quite see Willingham's example of ordering coffee as problematic as Michael Glassman does. When you write blog pieces for the public, you have to simplify, both for the space limits and for the fact that you're writing for an audience of laypeople. You can't parse every issue into minute detail the way that scholarship allows. (I write a lot of educational op-ed/blog essays so have had to discipline myself in this rhetorical challenge; see http://smago.coe.uga.edu/vita/vitaweb.htm#OpEd). I'd say that googling and whatnot are just variations on his assisted decision-making options. There are undoubtedly many other ways of choosing coffee, especially if it's possible that you like it served in many different ways and are in it for the Parisian adventure. But I'm not really in this discussion to talk about how to get a good cup of coffee. If I want that, I'll go upstairs and make one. I'm also not concerned that the characterization is individualized, given that I'm more of a Vygotskian than an activity theorist (I once was, but am now defrocked). Bakhurst (2007, Cambridge Companion to LSV) observes that “Despite his emphasis on the sociocultural foundations of psychological development, Vygotsky’s thought remains centred on the individual subject conceived as a discrete, autonomous self” (p. 63). Me too. Maybe it's the American in me, but I just can't get away from the fact that I'm an individual, no matter where I fit on the triangle. Haydi, I don't quite follow your question, and the link you sent only gets me to yahoo mail (and no, when I search, I don't "yahoo"). Could you please clarify, at least if you're looking for a response? thanks,Peter -----Original Message----- From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On Behalf Of Haydi Zulfei Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 11:19 AM To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity Subject: Re: [xmca] whats-the-most-natural-way-to-learn-it-might-surprise-you/ Short and relevant , Peter ! Thanks ! But how is this and similar ones of macro-dimensional to be healed ? http://xe-mg42.mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?.rand=1efe9bgsmmdf4#mail Best Haydi ________________________________ From: Peter Smagorinsky <smago@uga.edu> To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu> Sent: Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 14:34:07 Subject: [xmca] whats-the-most-natural-way-to-learn-it-might-surprise-you/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/06/17/whats-the-most-natural-way-to-learn-it-might-surprise-you/ The author, Daniel Willingham, is a straight-up cognitive psychologist-interesting to see him essentially promoting a cultural-historical perspective in this essay. p __________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca __________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca __________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca
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