Indigenous Learning Lab: Decolonizing Agency for Futuring Education
Aydin Bal & Linda Orie University of Wisconsin, Madison Education Futures in a Settler Colonial Context Settler colonial histories haunt...
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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.
AN EXPLORATION OF A CHOREOGRAPHED RESPONSE TO LITERATURE: Revisited after thirty years of further translations of Vygotsky’s works.
Date: Tuesday October 21 at 9am PDT Guest Speaker: Peter Smagorinsky, Distinguished Research Professor of English Education, University of Georgia...
Read moreDetailsAffect in Pretend Play: Its Role in Creativity and Well-being
Date: Tuesday Sept 30, 2025 at 9am Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) Guest Speaker: Sandra Russ Distinguished University Professor, Case Western Reserve University...
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Reflecting on reflections about Alexander Luria
Michael Cole, A review of Bella Kotik-Friedgutt’s The Legacy of Alexander Luria: Neuropsychology as a Humane Science. Springer. Cham. Switzerland....
Read moreDetailsActivities for Developing and Assessing Creativity from Preschool through Adulthood
Date: Tuesday Sept 9, 2025 at 2am Central Daylight Time (CDT in the USA) Facilitator: Francine Smolucha Summary: Two different activities that can lead...
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Learning to See: Inside the World’s Leading Art and Design Schools
Date: Tuesday June 17 at 9am PDT Guest Speaker: Keith Sawyer, Morgan Distinguished Professor in Educational Innovations at University of North Carolina...
Read moreDetailsAutism, 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...
Read moreDetailsFutures 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....
Read moreDetailsThe “Creativity Crisis” as a Cultural Crisis in Dialectical Thinking with Mohamad El Maouch
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 with Igor and Olga Shiyan
Time: 9am, Pacific Standard Time, Tuesday Dec 17 Facilitator: Francine Smolucha Guest Speaker: Nikolay Veraksa, Igor Shiyan, and Olga Shiyan. Summary: This...
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