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[edit] Are definitions useful?
The answer must depend on how one defines "definition"... Varenne 10:20, 19 January 2007 (EST)
[edit] What is the difference between a definition and an ideal-type?
This is partially dependent on the answer to the first question. If one agrees with Max Weber, then what he termed an "ideal-type" is just what we need when attempting to compare miscellaneous instances of human behavior within an overall conversation. An ideal-type in this way should specify the kind of things one wishes to talk about and should help others to contribute to the conversation started by the original outline. Varenne 10:21, 19 January 2007 (EST)
[edit] What might be the uses of the distinction formal/informal?
[edit] Should we worry about the convergence of theories of politics, broadly defined, with theories of education, boadly defined?
[edit] What about "experience?
You spoke about and alluded to the word 'experience' when talking about indirect and direct learning but never once used the word 'experience.' Can I ask if there was a reason for this? In my head I was quietly summarizing the main points of the lesson as learning consciously and unconsciously through experience. Whether this 'experience' be formal in a school setting or in everyday life. - Liza Gilhody
- 'experience' is another very complicated concept. I will keep only hinting since my personal sense of the word is that it refer to a person 'experiencing' while I will be mostly talking about the construction of the settings, the mechanisms controlling the setting, and the openings for escaping control. I do prefer the connotations of 'experience' (particularly as developed in philosophical phenomenology) over 'learning' (whether developed by cognitive or personality psychologists).--Varenne 14:37, 17 September 2008 (EDT)
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