Dear Shirley: I teach a course/seminar on Vygotsky and education
every
two years
or so. I started teaching it 20 years ago, when I first arrived
at the
University of Arizona.
This fall I will add a section to the course in Spanish; the
students who want
to participate will do additional readings in Spanish, for which
there is an
abundant literature, and our discussions of the readings will also
be in
Spanish, switching to English as needed. Time permitting, I will
combine the
Spanish section with videoconferencing with some students in
Puerto Rico and
Mexico.
I have also had informal gatherings, or "tertulias" as we say in
Spanish, about
Vygotsky in Spanish, where students can read and discuss not only
Spanish
translations of Vygotsky and other colleagues' writings, but articles
by Latino
and Spanish authors (e.g., Riviere, del Río & Alvarez, Baquero,
Arias,
González
Rey, Rodríguez, Corral, among others) whose work do not usually
appear in
English.
To those colleagues who have responded to your initial query:
would it be
helpful to also include a copy of the syllabi used in our courses?
Saludos, Luis
Luis C. Moll, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Language, Reading & Culture
College of Education
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
(520)621-1311
Quoting Shirley Franklin <s.franklin@dsl.pipex.com>:
We are doing some research into courses which teach about Vygotsky.
Would really welcome feedback in terms of course name and level, and
place.
Thanks so much for your co-operation
Shirley
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