Thanks to the Taos Institute for hosting me for a "Conversation with the Author" webinar February 8-12. Anyone can register for free and join in. From February 8-11 people can post comments and questions and create written conversation with each other and me. Then on Friday February 12 10-11:30 EST...
On Wednesday October 21, I'll be speaking at Penn State's Center for Language Acquisition in their Invited Speaker Series. My topic? Performing Other—The Life of a Languager In his essay on the development of personality in children, Vygotsky wrote that the preschool child “can be somebody else just as easily as he...
On Friday evening October 2, I’ll be creating conversation with two women I deeply admire—Sheila McNamee and Jacqueline Salit. [caption id="attachment_2787" align="alignleft" width="199"] Sheila McNamee[/caption] Sheila is a leading social constructionist scholar and educator. She’s Professor of Communication at the University of New Hampshire and a founder, board member and vice president...
“What we need is more facilities where people can walk in and say 'Hey, I'm feeling really down today. Can I just be here for a while and see what could be a contribution to me and make me feel better?' I think this is true for most people but...
I haven’t attended the American Psychological Association convention in about ten years. But I couldn’t turn down an invitation to speak on a symposium on alternatives to diagnosis. And so, I’ll be traveling to Toronto in a few weeks for this year’s convention. The session, organized by SUNY New Paltz psychology...
What's Developing in a World in Crisis? with Jackie Salit and Lois Holzman Each month the East Side Institute chooses an audio or video recording from its storehouse of talks and workshops. Some are classics, going back to the 1990s and featuring Fred Newman's annual lectures and plays. Others are from events...
For this year's Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association in Chicago, I organized a symposium to bring Vygotsky's relevance to bear on the conference theme of "social justice." It worked! Those who attended the symposium—which I titled Vygotsky and Social Justice: Community Education and Community Development"—told me how...
[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...
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. ...
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...