Re: ISCRAT, CHSIG Theme

From: Pedro Portes (prport01@louisville.edu)
Date: Mon Jul 01 2002 - 12:24:47 PDT


Judy, yes , I meant to send my note below to everyone, so I have copied the
whole exchange to the list since some xmca'ers can chime in and/or want to
know..

> Pedro,
>
> 1. -- GREAT idea for a symposium.
> Pilar and others have been working on another great & international
> symposium.
> That's at least 2 so far... (speaking pre-proposal stage)
>
> 2. -- Would like to hear more of where this might go...
>
> 3. -- Thanks! for the ref's to iscrat resources
> How do we get hold of the CD?
>

I can burn one for you

> 4. -- Thanks for the heads-up on membership possibilities.
> Chrysoula, are you "here"?
>
>
> Judy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pedro Portes [mailto:prport01@louisville.edu]
> Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 2:10 PM
> To: diamonju@rci.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Re: [ch-sig] FW: ISCRAT, CHSIG Theme
>
>
> Hi Judy etal;
> just a thought after ISCRAT which turned out to be a great meeting,
>
> re. the SIG activity planning.
>
> One theme that emerged for some of us concerned the phenomenom of how
> various communities employ lsv/chat, different emphases, levels, goals,
> motives appear as we observe various extensions of the seminal
> work/model....
>
> Why do various groups take a particular aspect(s) and run with it, for
what
> purpose and why?
>
> It seems like a session could explore / examine the C-H
> substrata/underpinnings relating to the diverse directions the work takes
> form with various groups ie,
> USA vs. Europe vs Latin America etc
> Groups withi each area
> XMCA and non xmca
> Language process types
> Femenists
> Latinos
> Cognitivists-constructivists
> or
> What is reflected in Mainstream textbooks that focus on some part of chat
or
> lsv
>
> Preschool, k-12 educators
>
> Marxists/neo
>
> 5th dimension
>
> Nordic emphases (work etc)
>
> Israel , special ed
> Semioticians
>
> These are just some of the various communities
>
> etc etc
>
> in Amsterdam, for example, some of us discussed why some of the more
> "activist", political aspects inherent in the lsv legacy are more muted
> (mainstream usa) in some extensions above, and more salient, urgent for
> others who see/focus on
> the relevance of the model for guiding change efforts (political) in
> educational equity/excellence agendas..
>
>
> So perhaps a taking stock of where various communities have gone with it
> and what that tells us about context might be interesting for a plenary.
>
>
> 2. At ISCRAT, it was clear how many Russians continued to work the line
> from a materialist (vs ideal, or S-R) psychology with microgenetic
analyses
> of concept formation, the internal/external issues, legacies of Galperin
and
> others..
>
> still baking...
>
> 3.For those not attending, here are some facts and rumours;
> Iscrat is Merging with the Socio-cultural group that did the Campinas
Brazil
> conf. earlier, so together they will have the next event/meeting
apparently
> in Seville, still in formative stage. 2006?
>
> The Brazil sociocultural conf. attendees distributed a cd rom that
captured
> some of those events.
>
> Iscrat produced a book of abstracts where many of the sessions were
covered.
>
>
> 4. If our SIG + XMCA is the American counterpart of that union, we surely
> need to create more spaces/slots in our annual meetings. Many of our
> colleagues at ISCRAT were interested in Chicago. We might aim for a
> membership drive to grab another slot perhaps this year? How many more do
we
> need for that?
>
>
> pedro
>
>
> ps. Hey folks, let's respond and support bill , judy et al's sig (AERA)
> efforts before Aug. 1..
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Judy Diamondstone" <diamonju@rci.rutgers.edu>
> To: <ch-sig@yahoogroups.com>; <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 12:35 PM
> Subject: [ch-sig] FW: ISCRAT, CHSIG Theme
>
>
> > I know people are still travelling; the critical mass may not yet be
> arrived
> > to get this discussion going. But I do want to emphasize how much your
> ideas
> > can matter to the direction of the SIG and to support the call for
> > discussion.
> >
> > Off the top, to stir up some idea, there are many pressing educational
> > issues concerning school reform, school restructuring, and the rhetoric
> > associated with mandates, which beg for CHAT analysis. I still think
there
> > are lots of possibilities suggested by the CH--AT tensions of CHAT
> > (reformulating issues arising from subject-oriented and object-oriented
> > research in ways that allow for designs that address both).
> >
> > It's hard to know how many xmca-ers are back from conferencing and
> > vacationing, given the slow traffic, but conversations once started can
be
> > picked up and continued as others appear, so anyone "out there" who has
> > half-baked ideas, please, put them on the table for the rest of the
chefs.
> >
> > judy
> >
> > See bill's message below!
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bill Barowy [mailto:wbarowy@attbi.com]
> > Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 12:08 PM
> > To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu; Ch-Sig
> > Subject: ISCRAT, CHSIG Theme
> >
> >
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > 1) For those of you who were at ISCRAT, welcome back! Can anyone offer
> any
> > report of the happenings there?
> >
> > 2) There is a pending discussion of the CHSIG Theme due. If there is a
> > dearth of sentiment regarding the matter, the CHSIG executive committee
> may
> > be compelled to decide the matter internally. So far the following has
> been
> > opined, though not publically.
> >
> > A) The CHSIG Theme mediates the antinomy of AERA bureaucratic function
and
> > CHSIG interest. In the absence of proposed symposia, the theme enables
> the
> > executive committee to put one together, ad hoc, with the coherence made
> > possible by the theme orientation.
> >
> > B) Start thinking big about a session that would serve to address "in
> > house"
> > interesting topics that connect with pressing ed. res. issues, thus
> drawing
> > us a bigger crowd for membership maintenance/expansion. This would
create
> > more spaces in the long run for our annual conf...
> >
> > 3) Would someone please redirect this message to the CHSIG mailing list?
> I
> > am having technical difficulties sending messages there.
> >
> > Thx in advance.
> > --
> > (:^{>
> >
> >
> >
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