Re: [xmca] Information about Russian Vygotsky School 2009

[Mike Cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>]

Glad we agree. It is certainly technically possible. But people have to know
and believe that. Sasha Asmolov's experience goes back 20 years, but it is
thin technically. Some of the other I do not know.

If we can be of help here at LCHC, please indicate how. The project of
expanding xmca both internally as an internation intellectual resource and
seeking eventually to have it merge into the larger stream of thoughts and
actions represented by ISCAR is moving along as rapidly as resources allow,
which means slowly. but there is movement.
mike


On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Elina Lampert-Shepel
<ellampert@gmail.com>wrote:

> Mike-
> I DO agree with you ...although I got excited emails from a few people. I
> would ask Lena Kravtsova about the virtual possibility, I also have my own
> connection in Rostov, used to work with schools there, I will see what I can
> do about opportunity for people to be virtually there. I also have trouble
> going there in the end of June as I will be hopefully at the Bakhtin
> conference in Sweden at the beginning of june and going to Europe twice a
> month is a problem.
> At this point I chose to help for when I went to Moscow conference as a
> presenter, it was painful for me to see the various levels of
> misunderstanding, so I found myself being a cultural and transcultural
> mediator in Moscow. It seems to me that some of the projects developed
> within the teleconference with you and Lois as well as some discussions
> after can be an effective shift to both intracultural collaboration in
> Russia and intercultural collaboration with people interested outside
> Russia. I work with Lena Kravtsova now on the letter about Vygotsky Society
> and the projects we discussed with Asmolov, Veraksa, Sobkin and Glina
> Zukerman, Lois, etc.
> I will send it to xmcaers soon.
> Elina
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 6:23 PM, Mike Cole <lchcmike@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Elina-- So many of us have exactly ZERO opportunity of travelling, why not
>> collaborate to get some
>> sort of support to stream the lectures and have a web site where
>> discussion
>> could go on simultaneously.
>>
>> The fetish with geographical proximity as a necessary condition of serious
>> interaction about matters of
>> deep scholarly concern is getting more and more difficult to defend, its
>> seems to me. As a last recourse
>> where there is not electricity and no connectivity except expensive
>> airplane
>> rides and lack off family
>> obligations I can see it. But as a continued norm????
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Elina Lampert-Shepel
>> <ellampert@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>> > Dear colleagues,
>> > Below and attached is the information about Russian Vygotsky Summer
>> School
>> > 2009 that was a collaborative effort of Elena Kravtsova, Dot Robbins,
>> and
>> > myself. We hope that there will be enough interest in this unique
>> > experience. Vygotskian cultural-historical psychology became a theory of
>> > democratic change and school reform during the years of perestroyka.
>> Golden
>> > Key School Methodology is an original and powerful approach thathe
>> original
>> > Vygotskian ideas about social situation of development, unity
>> > of affect and intellect, and ZPD into practice.
>> > Best regards,
>> > Elina
>> >
>> > *Russian Vygotsky Summer School 2009*
>> >
>> > *"Total Immersion in the Golden Key School Methodology"*
>> >
>> > *Place: Belaya Kalytva, Russia*
>> >
>> > *Director, Prof. Dr. Elena Kravtsova (granddaughter of L. S. Vygotsky)*
>> >
>> > *June 19 – 26, 2009 *
>> >
>> > You are invited to participate in the 2009 Vygotsky Summer School, to
>> take
>> > place in Belaya Kalytva, Russia from June 19-26, 2009. This summer
>> school
>> > will take place in a Golden Key elementary school, with
>> > professors/staff/students from the Vygotsky Institute of Psychology,
>> > Russian
>> > State University for the Humanities, Moscow, and others, attending. We
>> will
>> > join the staff and students/parents in the village of Belaya Kalytva
>> > (approx. 26 hours south of Moscow), and participants will stay in one
>> > hotel,
>> > and will come to the school each day for the events. The Program
>> Committee
>> > will prepare an overview of the Golden Key concept by introducing the
>> > curriculum for various levels in depth, according to the different grade
>> > levels of instruction, from early childhood until around 11 years of
>> age.
>> > Participants will have the opportunity for participation, presentations,
>> > questions, role-playing themselves, and learning about how a Vygotskian
>> > methodology is practiced in education in Russia. You will also have the
>> > unique opportunity of becoming acquainted with the Vygotsky family/and
>> team
>> > today.  Participants will be immersed in how the Golden Key elementary
>> > school environments are created, within an integrated curriculum,
>> > understanding how the ZPD is interpreted.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > *Dates*: June 19 – 26, 2009.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > *Place*:  Belaya Kalytva, Russia
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > *Travelling Information*: Participants will have two options to reach
>> > Belaya
>> > Kalytva, Russia:
>> >
>> > Arrive in Moscow a couple of days early (especially for the time change
>> > adjustment, and the police registration….this registration cannot happen
>> on
>> > weekends.). Those of us arriving in Moscow, and the Summer School
>> > staff/students from the Vygotsky Institute of Psychology, will be taking
>> > the
>> > overnight train from Moscow to Belaya Kalytva on June 19th, arriving
>> around
>> > noon the next morning. Participants will pay for the train ticket
>> > individually, not included in the registration fees. If you select this
>> > program, we will leave Belaya Kalytva mid-afternoon for a train to
>> Moscow
>> > on
>> > June 26th. We will be working with you individually about your stay in
>> > Moscow that evening and your return flight the next day, or later.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > The other alternative is the following: Fly to Rostov-on-Don (or simply
>> > Rostov, Russia) directly. You will be responsible for the cost of the
>> > transfer from Rostov to Belaya Kalytva, with our help. The detailed
>> > information will be provided. We are hoping that a small group of
>> > international and Russian participants will be willing to embark on a
>> real
>> > adventure, knowing that we will not have all of the comforts of home.
>> And,
>> > yet, the rewards can be tremendous in terms of understanding how
>> Vygotskian
>> > methodology is practiced in education in Russia, in the Golden Key
>> Schools.
>> > You will also be involved in discussions on establishing a viable
>> > international network that begins to understand each other from
>> different
>> > perspectives, and you will have an exciting opportunity of developing
>> > cross-cultural collaboration. You will have two options upon arriving in
>> > Russia: You can come to Moscow first, or you can fly directly to
>> > Rostov-on-Don, where you will be met and taken to Belaya Kalytva (with
>> > additional transfer fees applying). We will all meet and begin the
>> Summer
>> > School 2009 in Belaya Kalytva in the early afternoon of June 20th.
>> Please
>> > bring your swimming suits for afternoon swims!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > *Price: *(with no exceptions):
>> >
>> > Regular registration fee: $200
>> >
>> > Student registration fee (for students under 30): $100
>> >
>> > IVS member fee: $150
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > The registration fee will include printed materials, workshops, all
>> > lunches,
>> > tours around Belaya Kalytva, welcoming party, and a banquet, and bus
>> > transfers from the hotel to the Golden Key school each day.
>> >
>> > You will be responsible for:  your visa application, flight to/from
>> Moscow
>> > or Rostov-on-Don, transfer from/to airport , hotel in Moscow and/or
>> hotel
>> > in
>> > Belaya Kalytva (which will be arranged for the group), international
>> health
>> > insurance, and evening meals. Due to the international financial
>> situation,
>> > all prices are subject to change. We are keeping the registration as low
>> as
>> > possible.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > *Certificate:* If you are engaged in the entire course, you will receive
>> a
>> > certificate of participation, which will be personally signed by the
>> > daughter of L. S. Vygotsky, Gita L'vovna Vygodskya.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > *Deadlines*: In order for the Vygotsky Summer School 2009 to take place,
>> we
>> > will need to have your registration form, and flight information
>> [scanned
>> > and e-mailed], by May 15, 2009. There must be at least 15 participants,
>> > with
>> > plane tickets purchased for the Summer School to take place. Once we
>> hear
>> > from you, you will be sent an application form. And, once we receive
>> that
>> > form, together with a scanned copy of your airline ticket, we will begin
>> > working with you individually. Remember that you will need around one
>> month
>> > for the Russian visa process.  However, if we do not reach this number
>> of
>> > participants, please know that you can attend the seminar in Belaya
>> Kalytva
>> > on your own.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > *Information*: Please send out this flyer to as many
>> > colleagues/students/staff/all, as soon as possible. We will be happy to
>> > send
>> > you more detailed information once we hear from you. And, if you decide
>> to
>> > participate in the 2009 Summer School, please know that you will receive
>> > step-by-step information on how to obtain a visa, travel information,
>> > information on how to rent an apartment in Moscow, etc. And, if you
>> arrive
>> > in Moscow first, upon request, you can receive a Russian student advisor
>> to
>> > meet you at the airport and help you during your stay in Moscow. The
>> > student
>> > advisor will speak English, and hopefully you will be able to make a
>> > financial offering to that student after all services are rendered. And,
>> > please do not come to Russia without international health insurance. You
>> > can
>> > check the STA website for reasonable prices. We will be happy to send
>> you
>> > the registration form as soon as we hear from you.  Once we receive
>> > verification of a paid plane ticket (scanned and e-mailed), we will
>> begin
>> > working with you individually. The registration fee will be paid once
>> you
>> > are in Russia. You can be sure that we will do everything in our power
>> to
>> > make your stay in Russia most enjoyable and profitable.
>> >
>> > We look forward to welcoming you in Russia in June 2009!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > With good wishes,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Prof. Dr. Elena Kravtsova, Director
>> >
>> > Russian State University for the Humanities
>> >
>> >
>> > Miusskaya Square 6
>> >
>> > 12567 Moscow, Russia
>> >
>> > Phone: International number  + 7 (495) 250 6147
>> >
>> > Fax; International number + 7 (495) 973 4434
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > International Directors:
>> >
>> > Dot Robbins at dot.robbins@gmail.com  + Elina Lampert-Shepel at
>> > ellampert@gmail.com
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man
>> as
>> > it is, infinite.
>> > --William Blake
>> >
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