Thanks so much, Pedro. You are the best. Dot
"Pedro R. Portes" wrote:
> >
> >FROM DOT ROBBINS PER HER REQUEST.
> SHE AND LSV'S GRANDAUGHTER WILL BE IN OUR PROGRAM AT AERA IN NEW ORLEANS IN
> APRIL....
> ...same as Gordon's recent forwarding...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 17:12:35 -0800
> >>From: Dot Robbins <drobbins@socket.net>
> >>X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I)
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> >>To: prport01@athena.louisville.edu
> >>Subject: Russian Vygotsky Conference
> >>
> >>Dear Friends,
> >>This summer there will be a Vygotsky Summer Conference in Russia from
> >>June 20-30, 2000. The conference is intended for teachers, professors,
> >>graduate students, all of whom are interested in viewing the Vygotskian
> >>legacy within education in Russia today. The title will be :
> >>"Psychological Development: Zone of Proximal Development." It will be
> >>both a theoretical and practical conference. The first part will be
> >>spent at the Vygotsky Institute of Psychology (Director, Dr. Elena
> >>Kravtsova, granddaughter of L.S. Vygotsky) at the Russian State
> >>University for the Humanities. It will serve as an introduction to the
> >>conference, to Moscow, and to Dr. Kravtsova's Golden Key elementary and
> >>middle schools. We will visit one of her schools close to Moscow in
> >>Balaschika. After a couple of days the participants will go to
> >>Zvenigorgod for the theoretical part of the conference, with lectures
> >>from Russians and people from the West. There will be student
> >>translators to help with language problems from the West. Then, there
> >>will be a train ride to Belaya Kalytva, where participants will be the
> >>guests at another Golden Key School. Here the practical part of the
> >>conference will take place; there will be discussions with Russian youth
> >>on Russian education, and demonstrations of classroom sessions at Golden
> >>Key schools. The inclosed information will hopefully answer most of your
> >>questions. Brochures will be ready within 10 days. Also, Dr. Elena
> >>Kravtsova and her son Lev Kravtsov will be attending and speaking at the
> >>AERA conference in New Orleans in April. The topic will be about the
> >>Golden Key schools. You will be able to find out much more about the
> >>Summer Conference at the AERA conference in personal discussions.
> >>Regarding the International Vygotsky Society (IVS), it was formally
> >>established last October 18, 1999, with Gita L'vovna Vygodskaya opening
> >>up the Vygotsky Memorial Room. The IVS will be a Society which is
> >>located in Moscow, and will be run by Russians, together with help from
> >>the West. It will take time to set up the infrastructure, membership
> >>categories, etc. You will be receiving more information about the IVS in
> >>the next year. The summer conference will be an integral part of the
> >>IVS, with the hope of attracting people in the West to Russia to see how
> >>Vygotskian theory goes hand in hand with practice. Hopefully the
> >>attachments will answer your questions. Feel free to write if you need
> >>further information. With very best wishes to each of you, Dot Robbins
> >>
> >>Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora1\attach\IVS summer announce.doc"
> >>
> >>Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora1\attach\IVS brochure info..doc"
> >>
> Pedro R. Portes, Ph.D
> Professor of Educational
> & Counseling Psychology
> (502 852-0630/ fax 0629)
> http://www.louisville.edu/~prport01
>
> "Psychosocial strength, ...depends on a total process
> which regulates individual life cycles, the sequence of generations,
> and the structure of society simultaneously: for all three have
> evolved together" p.141 Erik Erikson (1968)
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