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Informational Letter 2010 (eng).doc
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On Jul 23, 2010, at 8:53 PM, Elinami Swai wrote:
Dear Steve. Thanks for this important invitation. I think you forgot to include the doc. as attachment. On 7/24/10, Steve Gabosch <stevegabosch@me.com> wrote:Dot asked me to forward this information about the upcoming Vygotsky conference in Moscow, to be held Nov 15 thru 18, 2010. The .doc file is attached, and the text is copied below. Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation Russian State University for the Humanities Vygotsky Institute of Psychology International Vygotsky society Vygotsky Fund Dear colleagues! We are inviting you to take part in XI International Readings dedicated to the memory of L.S.Vygotsky “The Zone of Proximal Development in Theoretical and Practical Psychology”. The conference will take place in the L.S.Vygotsky Institute of Psychology of Russian University for the Humanities in Moscow from 15 November till 18 November 2010. Invited speakers: Kravtsova E.E. (Russia) Kravtsov G.G. (Russia) Zinchenko Ju. P. (Russia) Asmolov A.G. (Russia) Mariane Hedegaard (Denmark) It is planned during the conference to discuss plenty of issues, referring to applying Zone of proximal development to educational practice, to psychotherapy and correctional work, regarding it as a tool of professional development, using it in rehabilitation and assisting deviant/delinquent teenagers. It is particularly aimed to consider the items, connected with measuring the “size” of ZPD, “enlarging” its boarders, relating it to the actual developmental status. Within the framework of XI International Vygotsky Readings different viewpoints will be proposed concerning the developmental perspectives of cultural-historical psychology as well as applying the ZPD as a methodological background for understanding and researching psychological problems. Content of the conference includes following directions: 1. Zone of proximal development in theoretical and practical psychology; 2. Zone of proximal development: ontogenetically considered; 3. Zone of proximal development in education; 4. Family as a prototype of the Zone of proximal development; 5. Zone of proximal development in clinical psychology, psychotherapy and psychological consulting. Conditions of participating in the conference 1. Participants may present a speech on the section of theconference. Its length should be not more than 10 minutes. Any speakermay use the proposed projector for illustrating presented report. In this case one has in advance to mark the appropriate field in the application for the participation in the conference.2. Every participant will get the pack of handouts, as well as thecertificate of the participation.3. Those participants, who are not going to attend the conference,will receive the appropriate materials per e-mail on the address they mentioned in the application for the participation. 4. Charged fee for the participation (including one publication [not more than 5 pages]) takes 200 EUR. Every additional page beingpublished will cost 3 EUR. Every additional book of collected articleswill cost 14 EUR. 5. Information about conditions and arrangements of accommodationin Moscow will be transmitted to those participants, whose applicationwill be received before the term mentioned below. Terms and conditions of application admittance1. Filled application form will be admitted until 1 September 2010.2. When your application will be received, we will reply and send you the quittance for payment the conference fee. 3. Deadline for abstracts acceptance is 15 September 2010. 4. Invitation letters for the participants will be sent in September 2010. 5. Organizing committee has the right to select the abstracts, which will be included in conference program. 6. Abstracts, which do not correspond to the theme of theconference as well as to the mentioned requirements, won’t be includedin the conference program. Rejected papers are not sent back. 7. Papers of informational and advertising content as well as in journalistic style are not accepted for publication.8. The book with collected articles will be published at the startof the conference. Abstract registration rules 1. Overall volume – up to 5 pages (including bibliography) in electronic A4 format with line spacing of 1.2. The indention is 1cm. Times New Roman font (size 12) should beused. 3. Abstracts should be made in electronic form in Microsoft Word in DOC or RTF file type and should be sent to e-mail addresses vygconf@levb.org 4. A header should be written within the page center: thepresentation name should be written in bold+italic font, then from newline – authors last names and initials (bold font), then again from the new line – institution name, town, country. Leave one spare line before main text. 5. References in text should be made as following: in round brackets author's last name and initials, then comma, then year of publication. For example (Ananyev B.G., 1968). 6. Reference list with no more than 5 publications should be places at the end of the abstract. 7. Abstract text must not contain tables, diagrams and charts.8. Abstract texts of researches, who work in the same institutionmay be presented in one electronic letter. Schedule of the conference 15 November 11.00 – 13.00 Opening XI International Readings dedicated to the memory of L.S.Vygotsky 13.00-14.00 Lunch 14.00 – 17.30 Work in sections 18.00 – 20.00 Evening lecture 16 November 11.00 – 13.00 Work in sections 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch 14.00 – 17.30 Work in sections 18.00 – 20.00 Round table 17 November 11.00 – 13.00 Plenary meeting 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch 16.00 – 22.00 Birthday of L.S.Vygotsky Institute of psychology 18 November 12.00 – 16.00 Meeting of Educational Department of psychology of classical universities, dedicated to 15 anniversary of Vygotsky institute of psychology. 16.00 – 21.00 Banquet _______________________________________________ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca-- Dr. Elinami Swai Head, Department of Adult Education Faculty of Education Open University of Tanzania P.O.Box 23409 Dar-Es-Salaam Fax: 255-22-2668759 http://us.macmillan.com/yourbook’sname ...this faith will still deliver If you live it first to last Not everything which blooms must wither. 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