Re: [xmca] Kindergarten as Activity System (Reggio Emilia paper)

great! thanks!

On May 30, 2007, at 5:38 PM, Anton Yasnitsky wrote:

> I guess it is available online:
> http://www.leaonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1207/s15430421tip4601_2
>
> Anyway and just in case, see attached.
>
> --- David Preiss <davidpreiss@uc.cl> wrote:
>
>> great! no access here to such journal! anybody
>> can share?
>>
>> On May 30, 2007, at 5:18 PM, White, Phillip
>> wrote:
>>
>>> not Montessori; perhaps a close second:
>>>
>>> "Reggio Emilia as cultural activity theory in
>> practice" - Rebecca
>>> S. New - Theory Into Practice, 46(1), 5-13.
>>>
>>> phillip
>>>
>>> Phillip A. White, Lecturer
>>> University of Colorado at Denver, Health
>> Sciences Center
>>> School of Education, Human Development
>>> Teacher Education
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>>
>>> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu on behalf
>> of David Preiss
>>> Sent: Wed 5/30/2007 1:10 PM
>>> To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
>>> Subject: Re: [xmca] Kindergarten as Activity
>> System
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> As we talk about it, I would love references
>> about connections
>>> between Montessori and CHAT as well.
>>> david
>>>
>>> On May 30, 2007, at 2:30 PM, Anton Yasnitsky
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear colleagues,
>>>>
>>>> we are presently starting a research on,
>> roughly,
>>>> voluntary behaviour development in
>> preschoolers
>>>> in Kindergarten settings. So, I wondering if
>>>> anybody is aware of any research done on
>>>> Kindergarten (child day care center) as an
>>>> Activity system, from any research
>> perspective. I
>>>> believe there is a lot of literature on this
>> out
>>>> there, but this is a fairly new topic to me,
>> so
>>>> -- any help will be very much appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Anton.
>>>>
>>>> --- Paula Towsey <paulat@johnwtowsey.co.za>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear Mike and Anton
>>>>>
>>>>> Although Vygotsky maintains that solving
>> the
>>>>> problem of the blocks isn't
>>>>> dependent on 'previous experience or
>> knowledge'
>>>>> (T&L, 1986, pp.97-98), I
>>>>> found that there are other elements of a
>>>>> school-like nature that Vygotsky
>>>>> apparently did not discuss in Chapter Five
>> of
>>>>> T&L. His introduction to this
>>>>> (finely crafted and delicate) instrument
>> starts
>>>>> along these lines:
>>>>>
>>>>> "The functional method of double
>> stimulation in
>>>>> the study of concept
>>>>> formation begins by introducing nonsense
>> words
>>>>> that from the beginning have
>>>>> no meaning for the subject. According to
>>>>> Vygotsky, the introduction of
>>>>> nonsense words was adapted from Ach's
>> (1921)
>>>>> use of nonsense words in his
>>>>> experimental procedures. These nonsense
>> words
>>>>> are artificial concepts that
>>>>> actually mean a combination of
>> characteristics,
>>>>> of real attributes, but "for
>>>>> which no ready concept and word exist" in
>> the
>>>>> given language (1986, p. 97).
>>>>> This experimental method is designed to
>> reveal
>>>>> the processes involved in the
>>>>> subject's coming to understand the nonsense
>>>>> words and, at the same time, to
>>>>> reveal the development of these concepts.
>> The
>>>>> procedure can be used with
>>>>> adults and children because solving the
>> problem
>>>>> doesn't depend on or
>>>>> presuppose prior experience or knowledge of
>> the
>>>>> words and concepts in the
>>>>> experiment: the experiment doesn't use
>> 'tall',
>>>>> 'short', 'large' or 'small'
>>>>> on their own, but combines these into new
>>>>> relationships exemplified in the
>>>>> words cev, bik, mur, and lag." (Towsey,
>> 2007,
>>>>> p.58)
>>>>>
>>>>> For your interest, I've attached my
>> discussion
>>>>> of the three-year-olds'
>>>>> responses to the blocks - the 'hidden
>>>>> curriculum' seemed to be preparing
>>>>> these children well for a rote-style
>> approach
>>>>> to education!
>>>>>
>>>>> Paula
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu
>>>>> [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On
>>>>> Behalf Of Anton Yasnitsky
>>>>> Sent: 30 May 2007 08:18 AM
>>>>> To: mcole@weber.ucsd.edu; eXtended Mind,
>>>>> Culture, Activity
>>>>> Subject: Re: [xmca] FW: The functional
>> method
>>>>> of double stimulation - and
>>>>> somephotographs
>>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>
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