Re: [xmca] FW: The functional method of double stimulation - and some photographs

Just in case: we are meeting with our Ukrainian
team in a couple of days and are open to any
research initiative of this kind. A good starting
point for a cross-cultural project, eh :)?

--- Mike Cole <lchcmike@gmail.com> wrote:

> Might some kind of collective, distributed
> effort at conducting a small
> study using these materials
> be of interest to XMCA folks?
> mike
>
> On 5/29/07, Carol Macdonald
> <carolmacdon@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > P
> > Great to get this. I tried at the weekend to
> see how you were, but you
> > were
> > out.
> >
> > I am about to contact Nicoleen for the 2nd
> time, and will let you know
> > directly I hear something.
> >
> > Jaki's results are back--with 16 pages of
> corrections. But at least they
> > are finally back from the second examiner.
> >
> > I am now drowning in work on four projects.
> >
> > On Thursday I am to have a two hour meeting
> with the Kellogg Foundation
> > about the bibliotherapy project proposal.
> Wish me luck.
> >
> > Rush, rush
> > Love
> > C
> >
> >
> > On 29/05/07, Paula Towsey
> <paulat@johnwtowsey.co.za> wrote:
> > >
> > > Dear Ana
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thank you for your suggestion that I
> forward this email to the
> > group. The
> > > blocks I used for my cross-sectional study
> were made by Stoelting Co.
> > > (USA),
> > > according to the specs. provided by Jacob
> Kasanin and Eugenia Hanfmann
> > > (+/-1936/37).
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > My research exercise, 'In Search of
> Vygotsky's Blocks: exploring cev,
> > bik,
> > > mur, and lag in South Africa', was
> conducted for my M. Ed. (Psychology
> > in
> > > Education) by course work and research
> report at Wits University.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Paula Towsey
> [mailto:paulat@johnwtowsey.co.za]
> > > Sent: 28 May 2007 04:47 PM
> > > To: 'ana@zmajcenter.org'
> > > Subject: The functional method of double
> stimulation - and some
> > > photographs
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Dear Ana
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > To introduce myself: my name is Paula
> Towsey and I followed, with a
> > great
> > > deal of interest, some of your conversation
> about the method of double
> > > stimulation - Vygotsky's Blocks - on the
> XMCA in March. I conducted
> > > research with this method last year but
> wasn't able to join in with your
> > > conversation because I wasn't on the XMCA
> mailing list in March. I am
> > now
> > > -
> > > but am writing to you separately because
> the topic is no longer current
> > on
> > > XMCA. I do hope that by writing to you
> directly I'm not breaking any
> > XMCA
> > > protocols!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > In reading between the lines, Ana, it seems
> to me that the pathway you
> > > followed with the method of approach with
> the blocks at the University
> > of
> > > Belgrade was more directly linked - for
> historical and geographical
> > > reasons,
> > > perhaps - in source to Sakharov's approach.
> The sources I was most
> > easily
> > > able to find flowed mainly through Hanfmann
> and Kasanin via Kozulin's
> > > translation of Thought and Language (1986):
> suffice it to say here
> > (though
> > > I
> > > can send you more) that I noticed a
> difference between Sakharov's
> > 'script'
> > > (1994, Van der Veer & Valsiner, Eds.) and
> H&K's (1937,42) in giving
> > > subjects
> > > the option to find all the mur blocks and
> checking to see if they were
> > > 'correct' at this stage, or in allowing
> them to continue to sort the
> > > blocks
> > > according to the given strategy (eg,
> colour, or shape, or oscillations
> > > between the two!).
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > It also seems that it was a lot more
> difficult for me to be in search of
> > > Vygotsky's Blocks - for historical,
> political and geographical reasons
> > > (I'm
> > > in Sunny South Africa) - than it was for
> you and your lucky colleagues
> > at
> > > Belgrade, but the apparent elusiveness of
> the blocks added much intrigue
> > > and
> > > speculation for me! In many respects it
> was a singular journey for me,
> > > working things out, tracing the provenance
> and the implications for
> > > analysis, because there was no one in South
> Africa that I could find
> > with
> > > expertise or knowledge about the blocks.
> And so, there was nobody to
> > talk
> > > to!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > For a light-hearted entree, I've attached
> four photographs from my
> > > cross-sectional study of 60 subjects.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The 3-yr-old photograph depicts a
> three-year-old subject's 'house',
> > which
> > > she unhesitatingly described as belonging
> to the Big Bad Wolf (!). He
> > > made
> > > his re-appearance quite a number of times
> during her session!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The S810M photograph depicts this
> eight-year-old subject's charmingly
> > > exaggerated placement of the cev, bik, mur,
> and lag glasses, by
> > > remembering
> > > where the groups of blocks had been on the
> board. Lovely!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > In the S1505F photograph, the subject had
> noted that by stacking the
> > > blocks
> > > the way she had yielded different sizes -
> small, medium, and
> > large. What
> > > she had been looking for, though, was a
> pattern of two stacked blocks of
> > > the
> > > same diameter, coupled with two which were
> not. She said that this
> > > pattern
>
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Received on Wed May 30 00:19 PDT 2007