[Xmca-l] Re: Fwd: Sad news about Vivian

[Goncu, Artin]

Since I got the sad news today, I have been struggling with a profound sense of sadness.  Vivian was a significant soul who touched so many of us in the fields of child development, early education, play, and story telling.  For me, she was a dear colleague with whom I had so many conversations about play.  I will never forget the day when she asked me “Artin, how do you differentiate so many play kinds from one another?”  I am still formulating an answer...  Artin Goncu

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On Aug 2, 2019, at 6:23 PM, Ageliki Nicolopoulou <agn3@lehigh.edu<mailto:agn3@lehigh.edu>> wrote:

These are very sad news, as Vivian Paley was someone who was very important in my work--and whom I have met personally on a few occasions. For years, I have studied her storyteling/story-acting activity in classrooms that were already using it and I also helped many teachers to adopt it; at the same time, I have also analyzed (and continue to analyze) the many many children's stories collected through this activity. And her books still remain a great inspiration for me. She was able to make the children be so articulate (sing as Feldman once said) and we can still learn from them, while it takes many many studies to gain the insights she was able to give us in a few pages.

Vivian was an exceptional teacher and an exceptional and gifted person who would be sorely missed!

Ageliki Nicolopoulou
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On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 7:05 PM Katerina Plakitsi <kplakits@gmail.com<mailto:kplakits@gmail.com>> wrote:
So sad! My deepest condolences ...

Στις Σάβ, 3 Αυγ 2019 στις 01:13 ο χρήστης mike cole <mcole@ucsd.edu<mailto:mcole@ucsd.edu>> έγραψε:
Dear Colleagues --
     One of the master students of early childhood development  and education, Vivian Paley, has passed away. I attach a memorial statement by Gil McNamee, her long-time student, and a master educator in her own right.

Those who know Vivian or her work will recognize Vivian's distinctive voice
in her letters to Gil. Those who do not may still have the great pleasure living in her classroom through her writing.
mike

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From: Gillian McNamee <mcnamee.gillian@gmail.com<mailto:mcnamee.gillian@gmail.com>>
Date: Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 6:21 PM
Subject: Sad news about Vivian
To: <mcole@ucsd.edu<mailto:mcole@ucsd.edu>>, <lchcmike@gmail.com<mailto:lchcmike@gmail.com>>


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