Re: [xmca] LV Quote on the importance of meaningful work in learning and development

Thanks, Bella. I'll follow that lead - it sounds like just what I'm looking
for.

On Jan 11, 2008 9:54 AM, bella kotik <bella.kotik@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, Debora!
> Before I can find a relevant LV's passage, I recall seemingly relevant
> discussion of A.N. Leontjev. I can not give you exact citation in English
> because I use Russian edition of "Activity, Consciousness, Personality"
> pp.293-295.
> He describes observation of activities of children involved in development
> of aeroplane models. They liked to construct, but escaped lessons on
> theory
> until at a competition they've seen that some planes fly long distance,
> some
> fall immediately. When they asked their teacher :"Why?", he invited them
> to
> learn the rules of aerodynamics and they enthusiastically started to
> learn,
> because then the theory was meaningful for them.
> Bella Kotik-Friedgut
>
>
> On 1/11/08, deborah downing-wilson <ddowningw@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > As a lead in to my question...yesterday afternoon I watched an
> > undergraduate
> > student literally skip out of Mike's office. He is taking part in a
> class
> > where the students are engaged in real work - in accomplishing an
> > important
> > task that would otherwise not get done - and his enthusiasm for
> > the assignment was palpable.
> >
> > Along that line, I'm looking for a Vygotsky passage that discusses the
> > need
> > for leading activities to have real meaning for the learner. By any
> > chance
> > do you have a great quote at your fingertips?
> >
> > Deb
> >
> >
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> > Laboratory for Comparative Human Cognition
> > University of California San Diego
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