from Pedro Re AERA/CHAT

Mike Cole (mcole who-is-at weber.ucsd.edu)
Fri, 20 Feb 1998 08:46:51 -0800 (PST)

Dear Colleagues--

Pedro Portes is having difficult sending to xmca and has asked me
to forward this reminder of scheduled activities.
mike
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We were able to include most of the proposals received which as you will
see, appear very promising. We were able to "co-opt" some extra space by
sheer good fortune. BUT we do need to ask all who can, to join us in the
CHAT SIG.
>>>In its 3rd year now, the SIG is serving as an annual meeting mechanism
for many.
>>>>Our goal is to double our membership next year from 120 to 240 members,
which requires AERA membership fees of 45.00 a year plus our SIG fee of
$5.00 per year. This will allow us a good program next year of more than 2
sessions which is our allotment presently. We need volunteers to work on
membership, and perhaps an electronic or hard copy newsletter.
>>>>
>>>For those unfamiliar with all of these acronyms and this event, AERA =
American Educational Research Association, which meets yearly. It has
divisions and special interest groups that organize programs in various
areas. Our Special Interest Group (SIG) is the cultural-historical SIG, #
29. This allows us to meet from time to time in the U.S.. The idea behind
this is that it provides a forum along with XMCA (which serves as the
newsletter from time to time) and MCA. The SIG has members who are not in
XMCA. But most read this I think.
>>>Judith Diamondstone and Carol Panofsky can be contacted for membership
information etc. Vera John Steiner is the current president of the group.
>>>>>The 5 sessions for next Spring's AERA CHAT SIG are as follows;
>>>>1.
>>>>Session Title
>>>>CULTURAL HISTORICAL SIG INVITED ADDRESS AND Business Meeting;
>>>>Reflecting on the (Past, Present) Future of CHAT
>>>>
>>>>Chair
>>>>VERA JOHN STEINER
>>>>Participants; Kris Gutierrez, Elvira S. Lima and Yrjo Engestrom
>>>>
>>>>Discussant/Animator; Mike Cole
>>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Time Hotel Room Floor
>>>>6:15-8:15 Convention Center 14B Mezzanie
>>>>
>>>>Descriptors: Activity Theory, Socio-cultural Research,
>>> Post-Vygotskyan Perspectives
>>>>
>>>>Sponsor: C-H Research SIG
>>>>Session # 43.32 Day-Thursday
>>>>
>>>>--------------------------------------------------------
>>>2.
>>>>Session Title: Current Applications of Cultural Historical
Theory
>>>>
>>>>Chair: Esteban Diaz, CSU, San Bernandino
>>>>
>>>>Participants: Hybrid Construction Zones: Making Mind, School &
Courtyard, Kevin Leander, University of Illinois
>>>>
>>> Scaffolded Writing: Application of Vygotsky's Methodology to the
STudy of Emergent Writing. Elena Bodrova, Metropolitan State College
of Denver
>>>
>>> Creating a Knowledge-Building Community,
>>> Karen Hume, Gordon Wells, OISE
>>>
>>> Appropriation Doesn't Just Happen: "Hidden Dynamics in
Adult-Child Interaction.
>>> Carol Panofsky, Rhode Island College
>>>
>>> Alternative Cognitive Assessment of Culturally
>>> & Linguistically Diverse Students.
>>> Sybil Kline, UC, Santa Cruz
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Time Hotel Room Floor
>>> 8:15-10:15 Conv. Ctr. 15A Mezzanine
>>>>
>>>>Descriptors: Social Context, Writing / Scaffolding,
>>> Language Process
>>>>
>>>>Sponsor: Cultural-Historical Research SIG/C
>>>>
>>>>Session # 9.69 Day-Tuesday
>>>>
>>>>------------------------------------------------------------
>>>3.
>>>>Session Title: Ethical Dilemmas in "Culturing the Children":
Exploring the Consequences of Designing Social Futures Through Education
>>>>
>>>>Organizer: Peter Smagorinsky, University of Oklahoma
>>>>
>>>>Participants: Katheryn Au & Alice Kawakami,
>>> University of Hawaii;
>>> Pedro R. Portes,
>>> University of Louisville;
>>> Mike Cole, UC-San Diego
>>>>
>>>>Discussant: Vera John Steiner, University of New Mexico
>>>>
>>>>Time Hotel Room Floor
>>> 4:05-6:05 Conv. Ctr. 15A Mezzanine
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Descriptors: Ethics, Literacy Interventions, Cultural Process
>>>>
>>>>Sponsor: Cultural-Historical Research SIG/C
>>>
>>>>Session # 17.53 Day-Tuesday
>>>>
>>>>---------------------------------------------------------
>>>4.
>>>>Session Title: Advances in Socio-Cultural Research
>>>>
>>>>TABLE: Societal Development & Scientific Concept Formation,
>>> Hsueh, Helen Davis, Harvard University
>>>
>>> Integrating Activity Theory & Systemic-Functional Linguistics
in Composition Studies, Judy Diamondstone,
>>> Rutgers University
>>>
>>> Essentialism & Social Consturction of Race, Ram Mahalingam,
University of Pittsburgh
>>>
>>> Teachers' & Learners' Voices About Educational Reform in Namibia:
A Cultural-Historical Perspective, Sven Anersson, Linkoping
University, Sweden
>>>>
>>> Saito, Shikuzo & King Beach Michigan State
>>> A paper on cultural change, sociogenesis to be
provided in my next post.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Time Hotel Room Floor
>>>>3:05-3:45 Marriott Marina E South Tower
>>> Level 3
>>>>
>>>>Descriptors: Literacy Cognitive Process, Vygostsky, Social Context
>>>>
>>>>Sponsor: Cultural-Historical Research SIG/C
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Session # 4.06 DAY- Monday
>>>---------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>>5.
>>>>Session Title: Emotions and Educational Inquiry
>>>>
>>>>Chair: Deborah Hicks, University of Delaware
>>>>
>>>>Participants: Adolescent Literature and the Education of Outlaw
Emotions. James Garrison
>>>
>>> Emotional Experience & Narrative Representation.
>>> Deborah Hicks, University of Delaware
>>>
>>> Emotions & Literature in Educational Writing. Timothy Lensmire,
Washington University
>>>>
>>>>Discussant: Madeleine Grumet, CUNY
>>>>
>>>>Time Hotel Room Floor
>>>>2:15-3:45 Conv. Ctr. 14A Mezzanine
>>>>
>>>>Descriptors: Literature, Student knowledge, Philosophy
>>>>
>>>>Sponsor: Cultural-Historical Research Symposium SIG
>>> SIG / Writing; Division G
>>>>
>>>>Session: # 39.54 Day: Thursday
>>>>
>>>>
>>>-----------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>A 6th session has also been allowed organized by Gary Price, UW-Madison>
Dr. Pedro R. Portes
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