During our last class, Kevin shared how his research is built upon a behaviorist foundation and that it employs ecological and transactional theory to contend with the contexts within which behaviors are situated. he noted that some folks in schools have said that his program is not compatible with High Scoop (http://www.highscope.orga). Granted, I am not an expert on Kevin's work and I know only what I found on the website about High Scope, but I do think it is notable that folks in the field have felt what I see as a clash at the highest level of abstract theory, that between a behaviorist and what might be a social constructivist approach to learning (note: form poking around the website it seems likely that High Scope has some Vygotskian foundations...). I don't really have a question here, I'd like to hear your thoughts on whether this helps to think about how theory exists/operates in the background of our work. Kevin (if you read this), am I characterizing all of this even remotely correctly?
