 | | | | | | Academic Scholarship and Intelligence Vetting: Censorship or Saving Grace? A new article by The Moscow Times revealed a mixed reaction to supposed FSB 'vetting' of academic scholarship. The Times, which has largely become a holding repository of intense criticism of the Russian government (and no, the irony of a media organization sharply critical of the government for infringing on media freedom has apparently not sunken in yet in Moscow), is clearly siding high on the indignation side of this issue: for the most part the article is a not-so-thinly veiled accusation of Russian intelligence services trying to basically return the country's academic community to a... | | | A Bio-Cultural-Historical Approach to the Study of Development This chapter identifies an emerging consensus among cultural-developmental scientists concerning the relationship between culture and human ontogeny. It then builds on the areas of this consensus to present an approach, cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT), inspired by L. S. Vygotsky. The body of the chapter reviews a series of examples that illustrate a variety of ontogenetic phenomena pertinent to the formulation of a metatheory that can further organize cultural developmental science. It concludes by considering the challenges that lie ahead if such a metatheory is to be achieved,... | | | Ventriloquation: The inter/intramental dance in language learning According to socio-cultural theory learning begins intermentally. New ideas, words, behaviours, and attitudes are first encountered between minds (even the mind that may just be represented in a book or article). Through ventriloquating (shadowing, imitating, using, recreating, and teaching) them repeatedly we gradually become able to represent them without outside stimulation; i.e. we create neural networks that represent them in our minds. This is the process of internalization when tools (language, concepts, etc.) become intramental. One job of a classroom teacher then is to get people... | | | ROLE OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CHILD Religion and gods play an important role in how many parents raise their children. Even parents who aren't very ardent in their faith and don't go to religious worship services very often seem to believe that religion is a vital component in any upbringing. This is not justified, however. A child can be raised without religion and without gods and not be any worse off for it. In fact, a godless upbringing has advantages because it avoids so many of the dangers that accompany religion. For religious theists, religion provides a lot of structure for their lives. Religion helps explain who... | | |
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