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Part A: Analysis of Paul Cobb's 'Where is the mind?' In his article, 'Where is the mind?', Cobb highlights some of the differences in viewpoints between the constructivist and the socio-cultural theories of learning and in doing so, tries to draw them together to show how the two perspectives "each constitute the background for the other" (Cobb, Chapter 9, Reader 2). As a consequence, Cobb attempts to draw together the theoretical trends regarding learning to illustrate their positions as points on a continuum rather than as polarised positions and thus argues for a less pragmatic stance on their use. I would suggest that in many respects, although constructivism is clearly located in the agentive and therefore situated views of the mind, constructivist theories provide the bridge between symbol-processing position and the situated. In his analysis, Cobb identifies two subsets of constructivist theories, namely the "psychological" variant as advocated by von Glasersfeld and the...

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