Re: Elvira S Lima

roberto (costlins who-is-at ism.com.br)
Wed, 20 Aug 1997 23:08:44 -0200

Peter Farruggio wrote:
>
> I just read Elvira Souza Lima's article about critical pedagogy and
> sociohistorical psych in the 1995 theme issue of A & E Qrtrly ("Culture
> Revisited: Vygotsky's Ideas in Brazil"), and I'd like to request some help
> from list members
>
> 1- Does anybody know how I can get copies of the following (in either
> Spanish or English)?
>
> Amelia Alvarez & Pablo del Rio (1982) Obras escogidas de L Vygotsky.
> Madrid:Visor
>
> Gramsci, A. (1981) La alternativa pedagogica. Mexico: Fontamara
>
> La psicologia evolutiva y pedagogica en la URSS. (1987) Moscow: Editorial
> Progreso.
>
> Anything by or about Henri Wallon
>
> Anything by or about Florestan Fernandes
>
> Any other lit (Spanish or English) related to the main ideas in this article
>
> Elvira's paper presented at the IRA conference in Anaheim, 1995
> ("Multiplicity of Literacy Practices: Culturally Based Pedagogy in
> Brazilian Classrooms")
>
> 2- Does anybody know how to contact Elvira?
>
> 3- Does anybody have some detailed knowledge about the educational reforms
> in Belo Horizonte, or about the other educational reforms mentioned in the
> article (eg: trade union schools)?
>
> I am interested in hearing from people who are interested in the idea of
> studying Vygotsky from a critical pedagogy perspective, especially as
> Elvira argues for looking at the dialectical relationship between milieu
> and praxis.
>
> Pete Farruggio
> Oakland, CA

Peter Farrugio, I read your message about Vygotsky's ideas in praxis in
our schools. I am professor at University Federal Rio de Janeiro, and my
students work in projects about the possibilities of Learning Theory
from Vygotsky's ideas.If you want, we can change our experiences. Maria
Judith Lins