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Re: [xmca] Vygotsky conference Moscow Nov 15 to 18



Dear Steve.
Thanks for this important invitation. I think you forgot to include
the doc. as attachment.



On 7/24/10, Steve Gabosch <stevegabosch@me.com> wrote:
> Dot asked me to forward this information about the upcoming Vygotsky
> conference in Moscow, to be held Nov 15 thru 18, 2010.  The .doc file
> is attached, and the text is copied below.
>
>
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>
> Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation
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> Russian State University for the Humanities
>
> Vygotsky Institute of Psychology
>
> International Vygotsky society
>
> Vygotsky Fund
>
>
>
> Dear colleagues!
>
>
>
> We are inviting you to take part in XI International Readings
> dedicated to the memory of L.S.Vygotsky “The Zone of Proximal
> Development in Theoretical and Practical Psychology”.
>
>
>
> The conference will take place in the L.S.Vygotsky Institute of
> Psychology of Russian University for the Humanities in Moscow from 15
> November till 18 November 2010.
>
>
> Invited speakers:
>
>
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> Kravtsova E.E. (Russia)
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> Kravtsov G.G. (Russia)
>
> Zinchenko Ju. P. (Russia)
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> Asmolov A.G. (Russia)
>
> Mariane Hedegaard (Denmark)
>
>
>
> It is planned during the conference to discuss plenty of issues,
> referring to applying Zone of proximal development to educational
> practice, to psychotherapy and correctional work, regarding it as a
> tool of professional development, using it in rehabilitation and
> assisting deviant/delinquent teenagers.
>
> It is particularly aimed to consider the items, connected with
> measuring the “size” of ZPD, “enlarging” its boarders, relating it to
> the actual developmental status.
>
>
>
> Within the framework of XI International Vygotsky Readings different
> viewpoints will be proposed concerning the developmental perspectives
> of cultural-historical psychology as well as applying the ZPD as a
> methodological background for understanding and researching
> psychological problems.
>
>
>
> Content of the conference includes following directions:
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>
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> 1.     Zone of proximal development in theoretical and practical
> psychology;
>
> 2.     Zone of proximal development: ontogenetically considered;
>
> 3.     Zone of proximal development in education;
>
> 4.     Family as a prototype of the Zone of proximal development;
>
> 5.     Zone of proximal development in clinical psychology,
> psychotherapy and psychological consulting.
>
> Conditions of participating in the conference
>
>
>
> 1.     Participants may present a speech on the section of the
> conference. Its length should be not more than 10 minutes. Any speaker
> may use the proposed projector for illustrating presented report. In
> this case one has in advance to mark the appropriate field in the
> application for the participation in the conference.
>
> 2.     Every participant will get the pack of handouts, as well as the
> certificate of the participation.
>
> 3.     Those participants, who are not going to attend the conference,
> will receive the appropriate materials per e-mail on the address they
> mentioned in the application for the participation.
>
> 4.     Charged fee for the participation (including one publication
> [not more than 5 pages]) takes 200 EUR. Every additional page being
> published will cost 3 EUR. Every additional book of collected articles
> will cost 14 EUR.
>
> 5.     Information about conditions and arrangements of accommodation
> in Moscow will be transmitted to those participants, whose application
> will be received before the term mentioned below.
>
>
>
>
>
> Terms and conditions of application admittance
>
>
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> 1.     Filled application form will be admitted until 1 September 2010.
>
> 2.     When your application will be received, we will reply and send
> you the quittance for payment the conference fee.
>
> 3.     Deadline for abstracts acceptance is 15 September 2010.
>
> 4.     Invitation letters for the participants will be sent in
> September 2010.
>
> 5.     Organizing committee has the right to select the abstracts,
> which will be included in conference program.
>
> 6.     Abstracts, which do not correspond to the theme of the
> conference as well as to the mentioned requirements, won’t be included
> in the conference program. Rejected papers are not sent back.
>
> 7.     Papers of informational and advertising content as well as in
> journalistic style are not accepted for publication.
>
> 8.     The book with collected articles will be published at the start
> of the conference.
>
>
>
>
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> Abstract registration rules
>
>
>
> 1.     Overall volume – up to 5 pages (including bibliography) in
> electronic A4 format with line spacing of 1.
>
> 2.      The indention is 1cm. Times New Roman font (size 12) should be
> used.
>
> 3.     Abstracts should be made in electronic form in Microsoft Word
> in DOC or RTF file type and should be sent to e-mail addresses
> vygconf@levb.org
>
> 4.     A header should be written within the page center: the
> presentation name should be written in bold+italic font, then from new
> line – authors last names and initials (bold font), then again from
> the new line – institution name, town, country. Leave one spare line
> before main text.
>
> 5.     References in text should be made as following: in round
> brackets author's last name and initials, then comma, then year of
> publication. For example (Ananyev B.G., 1968).
>
> 6.      Reference list with no more than 5 publications should be
> places at the end of the abstract.
>
> 7.      Abstract text must not contain tables, diagrams and charts.
>
> 8.      Abstract texts of researches, who work in the same institution
> may be presented in one electronic letter.
>
>
>
> Schedule of the conference
>
>
>
> 15 November
>
> 11.00 – 13.00 Opening XI International Readings dedicated to the
> memory of L.S.Vygotsky
>
> 13.00-14.00 Lunch
>
> 14.00 – 17.30 Work in sections
>
> 18.00 – 20.00 Evening lecture
>
>
>
> 16 November
>
> 11.00 – 13.00 Work in sections
>
> 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
>
> 14.00 – 17.30 Work in sections
>
> 18.00 – 20.00 Round table
>
>
>
> 17 November
>
> 11.00 – 13.00 Plenary meeting
>
> 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
>
> 16.00 – 22.00 Birthday of L.S.Vygotsky Institute of psychology
>
>
>
> 18 November
>
> 12.00 – 16.00 Meeting of Educational Department of psychology of
> classical universities, dedicated to 15 anniversary of Vygotsky
> institute of psychology.
>
> 16.00 – 21.00 Banquet
>
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