KOJI KOMATSU’S THEORY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN
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Key words: gradual development, dialogical dynamics, semiotic, cultural theoretical framework, pseudo-concepts.Abstract
Abstract. The central claim of Koji Komatsu is that children's selves are not fixed entities or essences but rather dynamic processes of sharing and differentiation that lead to the self being presentational in dialogical dynamics. As a result, for instance, some pupil self exactly develops when they refer to themselves as a moon rabbit, different from snow and flower rabbits, in their conversation with their mothers, as well as dialogical dynamics that occurred at school.
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