ERIC Number: EJ985338
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2002-Aug
Pages: 4
Abstractor: ERIC
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1857
Representation and Education: Reply to McKenzie
Winch, Christopher
Educational Philosophy and Theory, v34 n3 p353-356 Aug 2002
Jim McKenzie's reply to the author's paper suggests that there are substantial areas of disagreement between US. McKenzie appears to agree with the central philosophical point that the author wished to make, that internal representationalism is incoherent. The author's target was that set of doctrines known as "cognitivism", which is based on the view that the mind/brain (the assimilation of the two is central to the theory) works through a system of internal representations. It appears that McKenzie agrees with this, but nevertheless thinks that there is substantial disagreement between him and the author about the role that representation plays in learning. The only point that the author wished to deny (and which McKenzie seems to accept) is the contention that the brain uses a representational system in which to conduct its activities and that this use of a representational system underpins what people would normally describe as representation. (Contains 10 notes.)
Descriptors: Brain, Cognitive Development, Education, Instruction, Constructivism (Learning), Learning
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