Re: Vasili Davydov

Ellampert (Ellampert who-is-at aol.com)
Thu, 19 Mar 1998 22:38:48 EST

Hi, everybody:
This is shocking news. Especially it is painful when you are in another
country and you can't share the loss with people you worked with. I knew
Vasilij Vasilievich, we discussed and were building together the teacher
education program for teachers in Developmental Education at the beginning of
perestroyka. His lectures for teachers were always passionate and theoretical
in a good sense of this word. He really convinced me in the importance of
theoretical generalizations and the ability to go beyond the situatedness. He
actually encouraged my research on reflection I am doing now at Teachers
College, Columbia University. I strongly believe that his ideas, books, and
the research of his laboratory in Moscow will be of great interest for many
generations of researchers and teachers.

Elina Lampert Shepel
Chairperson of Curricula Committees
Globe Institute of Technology, Inc.
291 Broadway, 2nd floor
New York, NY 10007
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