LEV S. VYGOTSKY'S IDEAS IN EDUCATION
reshaping teaching and learning for the 21st century
About this conference...
This conference celebrates the 100th birthday of Lev S. Vygotsky, honoring
his idea of learning as a shared process in a responsive socio-cultural
context. L. S. Vygotsky is known as the "Mozart of psychology" for his
prolific contributions to cultural psychology, cognitive education, dynamic
assessment, and multicultural issues of education. Among a number of other
conferences on Vygotsky planned worldwide, this conference will be unique in
its focus on and relevance to the educational aspects of Vygotsky's
scientific legacy. It will not be "about Vygotsky," but about his ideas as
promising alternatives to existing theories and practices in education.
Audience...
This conference will be of interest to a wide variety of professionals
involved in education, such as teachers, psychologists, social workers,
educational evaluators, administrators, university trainers, and graduate
students in education and psychology.
TIME: NOVEMBER 5TH, 1996
Program...
8:30 to 9:30 am- REGISTRATION/COFFEE
9:30 to 9:45 am- WELCOME BY SPONSORS
9:45 to 10:00 am- OPENING REMARKS:
Boris Gindis: Lev S. Vygotsky's Life
10:00 to 12:00-
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
H. Carl Haywood, Professor and Dean, Touro College & Professor Emeritus,
Vanderbilt University: Vygotsky's Triple Contribution: Culture, Language,
and Mediation
Jaan Valsiner, Professor of Developmental Psychology, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill: Pathways Towards the Future of the Concept of
Zone of Proximal Development
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.- LUNCH (on own)
1:00 to 3:00 p. m.- SIMULTANEOUS SESSIONS:
(1) SPECIAL EDUCATION (moderator- Boris Gindis )
Boris Gindis, NYC/BOE & Touro College: The socio-cultural implications of
disability: Vygotsky's views on special education.
Steven T. Hardy-Braz, Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf: Vygotsky's
views on students who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Riva Korashan, UFT Special Educator Support Program: Learning from peers:
Approaches for mainstreaming and integrated classroom settings
(2) DYNAMIC ASSESSMENT (leaders: Carol Lidz, Touro College & Ruth Kahn,
St. Francis Hospital, CT).
This will be a discussion/seminar that addresses the relationship between
Vygotsky's theories and assessment, with a focus on specific approaches to
the assessment of young children.
(3) TEACHING AND LEARNING (moderator: Yuriy Karpov )
Yuriy Karpov, Touro College: Vygotsky's concept of mediation: Implications
for education
Jean Schmittau, SUNY-Binghamton: Implementing Vygotsky's theory in
mathematics classrooms.
Carolyn P. Panofsky, Rhode Island College, Semiotic mediation and early
literacy: Adult-child interaction and the development of textual
understanding.
(4) BILINGUAL/MULTICULTURAL ISSUES (moderator: Sara Nahari)
Lois Holzman, The Barbara Taylor School: Practicing Vygotsky through
performance.
Eleine Sheppel, Columbia University & Eureka University: Cultures of
thinking and thinking in culture.
Place: Park West High School,
525 West 50th Street,
New York, NY 10019 (between 10th and 11th Ave., ) Tel: 212-262-5860
This conference is organized by Touro College Graduate School of
Education and Psychology and is co-sponsored by the New York City Board of
Education and the United Federation of Teachers.
Fees...
*$50 registration fee; $40 early registration (before October 15, 1996)
*$35 students (with ID); $25 early registratin (before October 15, 1996),
*No charge: NYC/BOE staff, NYC/UFT members, and Touro students/ faculty.
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Questions?
Please e-mail to: Bgindis who-is-at aol.com
Boris Gindis, Ph.D.
Touro College Graduate School of Education and Psychology
Empire State Building, 350 Fifth Ave./Suite 1700,
New York, NY 10118
Tel: 212-643-0700
Fax: 212-643-0759