09 May For My Spanish Speaking Friends
My TED talk, Play Helps Us Grow at Any Age," is now in Spanish. Thanks to El Centro Fred Newman for the subtitles! El Juego nos Ayuda a Crecer a Cualquier Edad por Dra. Lois Holzman en TEDxNavesink
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07 May Social Activism in Taiwan
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[caption id="attachment_2613" align="aligncenter" width="2448"] Taipei view, next to our hotel[/caption] In April I I had the privilege of spending 5 days in Taiwan at the invitation of a dear long-time colleague, Lin-Ching Hsia. She is a political leader, a community activist and a professor of psychology at Fu-jen Catholic University in...
05 May Improv, Theatre and Autism
Theatre and Improv with and for people with an autism or Asperberger's label are getting the attention they deserve. Check out these articles from American Theatre and the Huffington Post. The Curious Incidence of Theatre on the Autism Spectrum Teens With Autism Stretch, Grow And Laugh In Improv Classes At Second City ...
07 Apr Reader Poll
April 7, 2015 Dear Readers, As I'm writing chapters on science and health I could use your input. Can you take minute to complete this poll? Thanks, Lois [column col="1/2"][yop_poll id="7"][/column] [column col="1/2"][yop_poll id="8"][/column] See other reader polls by clicking here. See more about Lois' Book, The Overweight Brain here....
25 Mar “Lifetime Achievement” in Cultural Historical Research
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in Activity Theory, Community Organizing, Culture, Education, Psychology of Becoming, Speaking Engagements, Vygotsky 0 Comments
I'm honored to be receiving an award at the upcoming American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting in Chicago. It's really an award for everyone in the growing international development community. I'll post my talk at the end of April, so check back next month. ...
24 Mar No More Academic Subjects in Finnish Schools
March 24, 2015 article in The Independent Finland schools: Subjects scrapped and replaced with 'topics' as country reforms its education system A step in the right direction...
23 Mar Human Development—Vygotsky at Work and Play in Japanese Educational Culture
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On March 16 I had the pleasure of attending a symposium at which four Japanese colleagues presented their work. They were visiting the East Side Institute and All Stars Project to learn more, after having participated in a workshop I led months earlier in Kobe Japan. On their last day...
25 Feb Word on the Street
Thanks to Saybrook University's The New Existentialists, for publishing my essay, "Emotional Distress and Diagnosis: Word on the Street." I'm really happy to reach its readers. Check out the site for many thoughtful essays....
25 Feb Developing in a World in Crisis
I'll be in London the end of March. Happy to be doing a workshop organized by All Stars London friends Workshop: Developing in a World in Crisis March 29, 1-4 pm Around the world – and right in our own neighbourhoods – the disparity between rich and poor affects us all. In times of...
23 Feb The ABCs of How Schools Are Stupid
I’ve been writing a new chapter on education—how our obsession with knowing makes schools stupid. The chapter begins with what I’m calling “the ABCs of the ABCs”—like A is for Age Groups, B is for Behavior, C is for Control. (I have a paragraph on each but I don’t want...