The Idea of Polytechnic Education in Marxist Theory
Essay by A.D. Maidansky, University of Belgorod In his well-known article, “The Socialist Reformation of Man,” Vygotsky argued that the...
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Coffee Hours with Mike Cole are intended to create inter-generational discussions focused on central concepts of a critical, bio/social, cultural/historical approach to human development. Each 1.5 hour session is dedicated to a central text that the author is invited to discuss with me and those in attendance. Attendees are asked to contribute a question provoked by the text a few days before the session. The questions are both a means of facilitating and promoting inclusive and mutually educational discourse and the author’s task in gauging the audience’s concerns.
Signs, Symbols, Tools, And-So-On: de Saussure, Peirce, and Vygotsky with Bernard Schneuwly, Kirill Potapov, and Greg Thompson
Coffee Hour: Tuesday, March 19th, 9a.m. Pacific Daylight Time Bernard Schneuwly, University of Bern Kyrill Potapov, University College, London Greg Thompson, Brigham Young...
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Living Educational Possibilities: Shirin Vossoughi Coffee Hour Workshop
Friday, February 23, at 9 am Pacific Time, 2024 Guest Speaker: Shirin Vossoughi, Associate Professor of Learning Sciences at Northwestern University...
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AERA Cultural Historical SIG CoffeeWebinar: Speculative Utopian Future-Making through a Cultural-Historical Theoretical Lens – January 10
Wednesday January 10 11am Eastern Time The Mentoring Working Group of the Cultural Historical Research SIG has prepared a wonderful...
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A Political Psychology Approach to Militancy and Prefigurative Activism with Andre Sales
Wednesday, December 6th at 9am Pacific StandardTime. Guest Speaker: Andre Sales, Brazilian political psychologist and a post-doctoral fellow at Sao...
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Carol Lee on Learning Sciences and Diversity
Tuesday, October 24 at 11am Central Daylight Time Carol Lee, currently president of the National Academy of Education, will join...
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Video Games as Portals To Young People’s Socio-political Imagination with Arturo Cortez
On Sept 25 at 10am Pacific Daylight Time, Arturo Cortez will discuss their recent work on video games as media...
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Navigating Generative AI in Higher Education with Maria Falikman and Larry Todd Wilson
Can generative artificial intelligence (AI) breathe new life into the philosophical inquiry of consciousness? On Friday, August 18, 2023, we...
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A functional dynamic systems perspective on scaffolding and semiotic mediation with Anna Shvarts
May 8th, at 9am Pacific Standard Time For our next coffee hour, our guest will be Anna Shvarts, University of...
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Cultivating Indigenous educational sovereignty through learning and design (Rescheduled. April 3, 8am Pacific Daylight Time)
Cultivating Indigenous educational sovereignty through learning and design Cultural Praxis Coffee Hour. April 3rd- 8am Pacific Standard Time Sign up...
Read moreCoffee Hour: Nordic Approaches to Early Childhood Education (Jan. 25, 2023)
Please join us for our January Coffee Hour that will feature Mariane Hedegaard, Copenhagen University. Mariane will be talking with...
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Archive: Five Coffee Hours on Imagination and Creativity in Vygotsky’s Works
The writings of L.S. Vygotsky continue to be a source of new ideas (inspiration) for people from many different disciplines,...
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