(S3,Ep19) Are concepts more 'verb' than 'noun'?
"Is it true to say that everything is a process, that we should grasp the world as process rather than things?" Andy Blunden weighs in. (Initially published November 15, 2020) More Q & A here: http:...
16 Marras 20208min
(S3,Ep18) What is the relationship between HPF-development and concept-development?
Andy Blunden offers his thoughts. (Initially published November 14, 2020) More Q & A here: http://tiny.cc/73p4tz
16 Marras 20203min
(S4,Ep64) What Are Concepts -- and How Might They Be Taught?
Important questions. Interesting answers. Excerpts from Andy Blunden, Huw Lloyd, Peter Smagorinsky, David Kellogg, and Nikolai Veresov provide a great start to a rich conversation... (Initially pub...
16 Marras 20205min
(S4,Ep63) Pleasures and Challenges of Communicating with The Public
Writing for the general public is challenging -- and rewarding. How would YOU explain Vygotsky's theory for a general audience -- e.g, parents, teachers, coaches, relatives -- without sacrificing ac...
16 Marras 20203min
(S6,Ep17) What Is Culture? (and the mythopoetic past and future)
Jordan Hall offers a Vygotsky-esque definition of culture before focusing on one slice of culture: narrative storytelling. He then talks about various dimensions of narrative, including narrative as...
16 Marras 20202min
(S6,Ep16) Are These the New Utopians?
. . . and are they any wiser? Two excerpts from Daniel Schmachtenberger, on the dialectics of development and on proceeding with caution. (Initially published October 28, 2020.) Sources: clip 1 - h...
16 Marras 20207min
(S6,Ep15) What is dramatic perezhivanie?
Nikolai Veresov discusses the refraction and microgenesis of dramatic perezhivanie, a concept introduced previously with Marilyn Fleer. (Originally published October 20, 2020) The full lecture, "Demy...
23 Loka 20203min
(S6,Ep14) Was Vygotsky a Social Determinist?
Nikolai Veresov looks to the concept of perezhivanie to answer the question. (Originally published October 12, 2020) The full lecture, "Demystifying Perezhivanie: understanding development in the cul...
13 Loka 20202min
