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:-)
Slippery these metaphors!
Can I toss in "Zone of proximal development" along with vryaychivanie and
"Consciousness is reflected in the word like the sun is reflected in a drop
of water" (1987, p. 285)?
mike
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Colette Murphy <c.a.murphy@qub.ac.uk> wrote:
> I was thinking more of the type of toy trains that my brothers would have
> played with - very, very independently moving coaches! But, come to think of
> it, some coaches often fell off - ouch. But seriously, I do like the idea
> that the teacher is like a little bit of track - the coaches arrive from
> soemwhere and travel for a little distance along a path directed by the
> teacher before they go elsewhere on their journey of life..
> colette
>
> Dr Colette Murphy
> Senior Lecturer
> School of Education
> 69 University St
> Queen's University
> Belfast BT7 1HL
>
> tel: 02890975953
> ________________________________________
> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On Behalf
> Of mike cole [lchcmike@gmail.com]
> Sent: 07 October 2010 23:05
> To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
> Subject: Re: [xmca] LSV's use of metaphor
>
> Woa, not so sure about the train track metaphor. The train moves freely up
> and down a pre-scribed
> track and the only thing that can vary "independently" is speed! Brrrr_______________________________________________