
(S3,Ep14) Chess, Spinoza, and Other Magic Gateways
David Kellogg offers us a Vygotsky close-reading, along with some interesting personal anecdotes, grounded in some visual storytelling about chess and xianqi. (Originally published August 12, 2020) M...
12 Aug 202043min

(S6,Ep8) The concept of perezhivanie as an analytical tool
Interesting clip from an online Nikolai Veresov lecture "concepts are analytical tools . . . and I'm afraid that the concept of perezhivanie will have the same destiny another famous concept of Vygots...
12 Aug 20202min

(S6,Ep7) Cultivating 'crisis' in the classroom (the good kind)
Interesting clip from a 2010 Natalia Gajdamaschko talk ". . . development comes out of resolving some sort of contradiction . . . some type of crisis . . . a good crisis" Full video: http://tiny....
12 Aug 20202min

(S6,Ep6) Clip 5: Educational implications and ideas (Holbrook Mahn)
The fifth of an interesting set of clips from 2014 Holbrook Mahn talk. Clip 5: Mahn's take on #ZPD, yet another update (corrective?) to Vygotsky's most cited (and most misinterpreted?) concept. ...
12 Aug 20201min

(S6,Ep5) Clip 4: Educational implications and ideas (Holbrook Mahn)
The fourth of an interesting set of clips from 2014 Holbrook Mahn talk. Clip 4: creating deliberate bridges from everyday to academic language Full video: http://tiny.cc/eybwiz (This excerpt was...
12 Aug 20201min

(S6,Ep4) Clip 3: Educational implications and ideas (Holbrook Mahn)
The third of an interesting set of clips from 2014 Holbrook Mahn talk. Clip 3: Particularly helpful for second language learners . . . Full video: http://tiny.cc/eybwiz (This excerpt was publish...
12 Aug 20202min

(S6,Ep3) Clip 2: Educational implications and ideas (Holbrook Mahn)
The second of an interesting set of clips from 2014 Holbrook Mahn talk. Clip 2: How might academic concepts show up in everyday life? Start there. Full video: http://tiny.cc/eybwiz (This excerp...
12 Aug 20202min

(S6,Ep2) Clip 1: Educational implications and ideas (Holbrook Mahn)
The first of an interesting set of clips from 2014 Holbrook Mahn talk. Clip 1: concept mapping (conceptual systems) Full video: http://tiny.cc/eybwiz #teaching #conceptdevelopment #zpd (This ex...
12 Aug 20202min



















