Autism, Roleplay, and Creative Community: The Making and Reforging of Symbolic Resources
Date: Tuesday, May 13 at 9am Pacific Daylight Time Our Guest Speaker Elizabeth Fein will present her research on how...
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This CHAT Dialogue section aims to create a forum for scholars, teachers, and activists to engage in a critical dialogue about Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) concepts and their relevance for social transformation in the current global crisis. We invite you to contribute by commenting on the posted video clips from presentations by CHAT scholars and educators from around the globe.
Futures of Education Seminar –Building Sustainable University/Community Collaborations: In Diversity there is Hope
Date: Thursday, March 20th. 9-10:30am Pacific Daylight Time This seminar follows up on the prior seminar where we encountered two...
Read moreDetailsGianni Rodari’s Grammar of Fantasy: An Introduction to the Art of Inventing Stories
Date: Thursday, March 13 at 9am Pacific Daylight Saving Time Guest Speaker: Jack Zipes, Professor Emeritus of German and Comparative...
Read moreDetailsFutures of Education Seminar – Community-based Science Education: Two Innovative Programs
Date: Tuesday, February 11 at 9:00am-10:30am PST On February 11th at 9:00am PST we will be having a zoom seminar on Community-based Science Education....
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The “Creativity Crisis” as a Cultural Crisis in Dialectical Thinking
Time: 12:00 AM (midnight) Pacific Standard Time, Tuesday, January 14 2025 Guest Speaker: Mohamad El Maouch, Research Fellow, Zhengzhou Normal University, Henan International Joint...
Read moreDetailsDialectical Thinking and Creativity: Reconciling Opposing Points of View
Time: 9am, Pacific Standard Time, Tuesday Dec 17 Facilitator: Francine Smolucha Guest Speaker: Nikolay Veraksa, Igor Shiyan, and Olga Shiyan. Summary: This...
Read moreDetailsThe Development of Dialectical Thinking with Prof. Nikolay Veraksa
Time: 12:00 AM (midnight) Pacific Standard Time, Tuesday, December 10, 2024 (We understand this time may be unusual, but it...
Read moreDetailsCoffee Hour: Reenvisioning Equity Research – Disability Identification Disparities as a Case in Point
Friday, November 22nd 9:00 am Pacific STANDARD time Guest speakers: Alfredo Artiles, Stanford University Disparities in the identification of children as disabled...
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Coffee Hour: Critical and Cultural-Historical Perspectives on the Eco-social Crisis
Tuesday, November 12. 9:00am Pacific STANDARD time Guest speakers: Alfredo Jornet (University of Girona) and Antti Rajala (University of Neuchatel) Dear...
Read moreDetailsCoffee Hour: Views of Romantic Science. Sacks, Luria and Bruner
Tuesday October 22nd at 9am Pacific Time Guest commentators: Mike Cole, Hannah Proctor, Peter Smagorinsky, Luca Tateo, & Aaro Toomela....
Read moreDetailsUsing Fundamental Principles of Vygotsky’s Theory to go Beyond him: How to Understand Human Creativity
Tuesday September 24th at 9am Pacific Daylight Savings Time Guest Speaker: Aaro Toomela, Tallinn University, Estonia - Professor of Cultural and...
Read moreDetailsTools of the Mind: 30 years of implementing a Vygotskian-based ECE program in US preschools and kindergartens with Elena Bodrova and Deborah J. Leong
Tuesday, September 3rd at 9:00 am Pacific Daylight Savings Time Elena Bodrova, Ph. D., Co-Founder and Knowledge advisor, Tools of the...
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