[Xmca-l] Re: Vera John-Steiner has passed away

[mike cole]

Vera has been a special person in my life for more than
40 years. She was one of the first colleagues to seek to educate me in
Vygotsky's ideas and a constant source of inspiration in my teaching. I
fear I never met up to her standards as a pupil, but I am certain that not
only I, but many many others, benefited from her tireless efforts.

She remains a standard to try to live up to. And, lucky for us,
her legacy survives in the work of her colleagues, students, and the many
outstanding publications she has bequeathed us.

:..-((

mike



On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 3:55 PM, Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net> wrote:

> I am sad to hear of Vera's passing as well. I never met her
> personally, but I was privileged to collaborate with Vera in
> the exploration of collaboration, an aspect of human life
> which Vera championed and for which she will be forever
> remembered.
>
> Andy
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Andy Blunden
> http://www.ethicalpolitics.org/ablunden/index.htm
> On 8/12/2017 10:11 AM, Kris Gutierrez wrote:
> > My heart is heavy.  With love, appreciation, admiration, and respect,
> for a giant in our field, who was as generous, inclusive, and kind, as she
> was brilliant.  So grateful to have had the opportunity to know and learn
> from her across various spaces.   Selfishly, I was sad I didn’t get a
> response to my recent message to her.  Of course, the point was to let her
> know again how we all felt about her and her contribution.  Love and
> strength to her family and loved ones. May our community continue to learn
> from her humanity.   Kris
> >
> > (excuse typos)
> >
> > Kris D. Gutiérrez
> > Carol Liu Professor
> > Graduate School of Education
> > Prolepsis Design Collaborative
> > Member, National Academy of Education
> > University of California, Berkeley
> > 5629 Tolman Hall
> > Berkeley, CA 94720-1670
> > gutierrkd@berkeley.edu
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Dec 7, 2017, at 1:51 PM, Robert Lake <boblake@georgiasouthern.edu>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Dear XMCA Family,
> >>
> >> Our beloved Vera John-Steiner died last night very shortly after she
> >> experienced a stroke.
> >> She had posted to this site on 11/25/17.  We will send more information
> and
> >> an obituary as
> >> it becomes available.  Attached is the last "letter" from
> >> *Constructing a Community of Thought:Letters on the Scholarship,
> Teaching,
> >> and Mentoring of Vera John-Steiner *(2013).
> >> In this piece, we sought to synthesize all the wonderful contributions
> >> from so many of her friends, collaborators and students from the book
> >> mentioned above.
> >>
> >> Warmest condolences to her family and to all her knew and loved her.
> >> *Robert Lake*
> >> <Constructing a Community of Thought Last Letter.pdf>
> >
> >
>
>


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