?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=NOOPLASIS%3A+10+%2B+1+POSTULATES+ABOUT+THE+FORMATION+OF+MIND&rft.creator=Demetriou%2C+Andreas&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.description=This+article+is+about+nooplasis.+That+is%2C+the+article+outlines+a+general+model+about+the+dynamic+organization+and+development+of+mind+and+it+draws+the+implications+of+this+model+for+learning+and+instructions.+This+is+done+in+terms+of+10+postulates+concerned+with+the+architecture+of+mind%2C+its+development+and+dynamics%2C+and+the+nature+of+learning%2C+and+a+general+postulate+concerned+with+the+dynamic+relations+between+the+various+systems+of+mind+and+also+mind+and+education.+Specifically%2C+the+model+postulates+that+the+mind+involves+systems+oriented+to+the+understanding+of+the+environment+and+of+itself%2C+in+addition+to+general+processing+functions.+It+is+also+postulated+that+the+development+of+each+of+the+systems+is+partially+autonomous+and+partially+constrained+by+the+development+of+the+other+systems%2C+and+that+it+involves+both+system-specific+and+system-wide+mechanisms+of+development+and+learning.+Finally%2C+it+is+argued+that+these+postulates+suggest+a+model+of+constrained+constructivism+which+leads+to+a+conception+of+learning+in+schools+which+differs+considerably+from+what+is+suggested+by+the+Piagetian+or+the+Vygotskian+conception+of+constructivism.&rft.date=1998-08&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F750%2F1%2FNooplasis.html&rft.identifier=++Demetriou%2C+Andreas++(1998)+NOOPLASIS%3A+10+%2B+1+POSTULATES+ABOUT+THE+FORMATION+OF+MIND.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F750%2F