Following up on yesterday’s post about ZPD, I got to thinking about something I wrote last year in my old Cognitive Dissonance blog.
On Context
A person exists within his or her own context which is, in turn, embedded in a larger global context. Each person has an archive that is both internal (memory) and external (artifacts) which help the person operate in context. The archive includes resources like mom’s best dish, dad’s favorite color, bank statements, phone books, tax records, class notes, etc
Read the whole thing and look at the pictures. In that post, I suggested a role for teacher that is neither Sage nor Coach nor Guide.
October 5th, 2006 at 6:00 pm
Sorry, I can respond more when I have a better connection… The pictures would not download…
From the reading I agree with your definiation of a teacher. A teacher could be defined as the bridge to success. A teacher can only lead the way it is up to the student to cross the bridge and follow the path.