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Original Articles

Constructing the vanishing present between the future and the past

Construyendo el desvanecimiento del presente entre el futuro y el pasado

Pages 141-150 | Published online: 23 Jan 2014
 

Abstract

Development is a process of creating actual time-course of movement out of possible ones—both of the future and of the past. This focus was central for the original notion of “zone of proximal development' (ZPD—Vygotsky)—yet it has not been developed further since 1930s. Human beings operate in-between the constructions AS-IS, AS-IF, AS-COULD- BE and AS-I-WANT-IT-TO-BE. Developmental psychology has mostly dealt with the first two of the constructions (AS-IS < > AS-IF), avoiding the set of possibilities (AS-COULD-BE) and desirables (AS-I-WANT-IT-TO-BE). The recently introduced Trajectory Equifinality Model (TEM), created by Tatsuya Sato and his colleagues, makes it possible to consider both imaginary, possible, desired, and real components of the developing structure in its progression. In this article, I give a theoretical account of the process structure of such coordination of the past and future and of the possible and the actual.

Resumen

El desarrollo es un proceso de creación y evolución en tiempo-real entre todas las posibilidades—tanto del futuro como del pasado—. Este punto fue central para la concepción original de “Zona de Desarrollo Próximo” (ZDP—Vygotsky), sin embargo, no se ha seguido desarrollando desde 1930. Los seres humanos operan entre las construcciones COMO-ES, COMO-SI, COMO-PUEDE-SER y COMO-QUIERO-QUE-SEA. La Psicología del Desarrollo se ha ocupadoprin- cipalmente de la primera y la segunda de estas construcciones (COMO-ES < > COMO-SI), evitando el conjunto de posibilidades (COMO-PUEDE-SER) e inconvenientes (COMO-YO-QUIERO-QUE-SEA). El Modelo de Equifinali- dad de Trayectoria (TEM), creado e introducido recientemente por Tatsuya Sato y sus colaboradores, hace factible considerar lo imaginario, lo posible, lo deseado y los componentes reales del desarrollo estructural en su progresión. En este artículo se da una explicación teórica del proceso estructural de dicha coordinación del pasado y futuro, y de lo posible y lo actual.

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