The Imperative of Play: Creating What Doesn’t Yet Exist with Carrie Lobman
Saturday, June 20 | 11:30 AM–2:00 PM Eastern US TimeOnline Workshop What do we do when the ways we’ve learned to respond no longer help us create anything new? Fear...
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Recent Posts
Interesting TED TALK & whole day event on play
Dr. Anna Rainio of the University of Helsinki will present on playworlds and the power of imagination on May 14, from 4 to 5 PM EST. Playworlds are a form...
The theory and practice of developing the psychological function of imagination
Date: Friday June 26 at 2am PDT USA Guest Speakers: Professor Anne Clerc-Georgy, Chair, Early Childhood Education, HEP, Lausanne, Switzerland Emeritus Professor Marilyn Fleer, Australian Research Council Laureate Professor (2018-2024), Monash...
Transitioning from Playing with Shapes to Metaphoric and Symbolic Representation
Date: Tuesday May 12, 2026 at 9am PDT (USA) Guest Speaker: Francine Smolucha Summary: The previous session explored how object substitution play with toddlers could introduce basic concepts in mathematics, science, social studies, and the...
Announcements
Call for Submissions: The Psychology of Global Crises
The Psychology of Global Crises: State Surveillance, Solidarity and everyday life is being held May 20–30, 2020 at The American University of Paris (This is a virtual conference. Participate from wherever...
AERA Cultural-Historical SIG (30) Call
We are looking forward to receiving interesting paper proposals for the forthcoming Cultural-Historical Research Special Interest Group (SIG #30)of the AERA Annual Meeting taking place in Orlando, Florida, April 9-12, 2021. The...
Social Media Push and Outreach September 8-9 2020
On Tuesday and Wednesday, September 8-9, Cultural Praxis is joining our US and Canadian colleagues in participating in the Scholar Strike for Racial Justice. This is a mass action of...
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