Theoretical and Educational Challenges with Enactivist Approaches to Mathematical Cognition
Firat Soylu
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Abstract
Open peer commentary on the article “Coordination Dynamics of Semiotic Mediation: A Functional Dynamic Systems Perspective on Mathematics Teaching/Learning” by Anna Shvarts & Dor Abrahamson. Abstract: Shvarts and Abrahamson bridge enactivism with Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory and Bernstein’s coordination dynamics, and ground the proposed ideas with a case study. I question the interpretation of enactivism for mathematics educators, and the applicability of the proposed ideas to explain offline mathematics cognition.
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Soylu F. (2023) Theoretical and educational challenges with enactivist approaches to mathematical cognition. Constructivist Foundations 18(2): 245–247. https://constructivist.info/18/2/245
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