Gee:

"This view of themind is quite different from the traditional one psychology takes. In the traditional view, concepts are like general definitions in the mind.... the mind thinks through stored "facts" and grand generalizations that are like statements in logic... In the view I an developing here, the mind thinks and acts on the basis of something like stored images of experience" (p. 91)

McNiff:

I'm not sure I'm buying Gee with this one. Let me rephrase. I agree with Gee, but his comparison with psychology seems slightly skewed. I think if he just stuck with traditional view which is as general as saying psychology, his writing would be a lot stronger and more convincing. I've only taken a hand full of psychology but from what I understand about child development and the building of the mind, I can say Gee isn't making much sense here. And because he just lists his references at the end, I'd have to skim through 10 pages to find out what and who (viewpoint) he is actually talking about in psychology.

I will skim through later to find out... what he has listed for page 91. But I just think if he took out the reference to psychology and stayed with saying tradition (another broad term) it would keep the reader from pulling in all different experiential ideas and it would keep the reader from trying to relate psychology to memorizing facts/tradition.