Freedom of speech as an abstract ideal does not exist. Freedom of speech can only occur within concrete power systems and social relations. The question is, “Whose freedom, and freedom for what?” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote: “I had hoped that the white moderate would understand that law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and that when...
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Tuesday, June 20th at 9am Pacific Daylight Savings Time Guest Speaker: Artin Göncü Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois Chicago The 10th Session in the Seminar on Imagination & Creativity in Vygotsky’s Work. Contact Francine Smolucha at lsmolucha@hotmail.com for the ZOOM link. A discussion of...
Tuesday, May 23rd at 9am Pacific Daylight Savings Time Guest Speaker: Eugene Subbotsky, Reader (Emeritus) Lancaster University, UK “Imagination and Cultural-Historical Method: Limits of Applicability” (you can find the PPT presentation here) The 9th Session in the Seminar on Imagination & Creativity...
May 8th, at 9am Pacific Standard Time For our next coffee hour, our guest will be Anna Shvarts, University of Utrecht, who will discuss two papers that investigate the historical origins and a possible theoretical perspective on the concepts of scaffolding and...
Friday, April 28 at 9am Pacific Daylight Savings Time The 8th Session in the Seminar on Imagination & Creativity in Vygotsky’s Work. Contact Francine Smolucha at lsmolucha@hotmail.com for the ZOOM link. Bernard Schneuwly will present on the importance of conceptual development on imagination and creative...
Tuesday, April 11 at 9am Pacific Daylight Savings Time The 7th Session in the Seminar on Imagination & Creativity in Vygotsky’s Work. Contact Francine Smolucha at lsmolucha@hotmail.com for the ZOOM link. A discussion of Vygotsky's paper as it relates to "Imagination & Creativity in...
Tuesday, March 14th at 9:00am Pacific Daylight Savings Time The 6th Session in the Seminar on Imagination & Creativity in Vygotsky’s Work. Contact Francine Smolucha at lsmolucha@hotmail.com for the ZOOM link. The Sixth Session continues our discussion of Cognitive Linguistics. Vygotsky's model of how verbal...
Cultivating Indigenous educational sovereignty through learning and design Cultural Praxis Coffee Hour. April 3rd- 8am Pacific Standard Time Sign up at lchcmike@gmail.com The February Coffee hour will be devoted to discussion of two papers, one by each of our guest...
Please join us for our January Coffee Hour that will feature Mariane Hedegaard, Copenhagen University. Mariane will be talking with us about the challenges of creating early childhood education that prepares children for elementary school without allowing standard schooling practices...
Tuesday, February 14th at 9:00am Pacific Standard Time. The 5th Session in the Seminar on Imagination & Creativity in Vygotsky’s Work. Contact Francine Smolucha at lsmolucha@hotmail.com for the ZOOM link. The Fifth Session introduces Cognitive Linguistics, an enterprise that encompasses linguistics, cultural worldviews, neuroscience, and...
We invite you to meet and play with The Yes And Higher Ed Network on January 28, 2023 for a free workshop focused on transforming education: The Power of Open-Ended Play: An Invitation to Build a Transformative Practice with the Yes....
The writings of L.S. Vygotsky continue to be a source of new ideas (inspiration) for people from many different disciplines, nearly ninety years after his death. The practical applications for education are myriad including preschool programs such as Tools of...