Vygotsky Podcast

Anthony Barra
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Let's try to better understand Vygotsky's ideas. These are audio versions of my YouTube videos found here: http://tiny.cc/3zayuz I'm no expert, so take my remarks with salt. Fortunately, most episodes in this podcast *DO* feature conversations with experts and deep researchers. Season 1 - Chats about CHT & Teaching; Season 2 - 5 Principles for Vygotskian Research; Season 3 - Answered Questions; Season 4 - Snippets & Excerpts; Season 5 - Notes on certain concepts; Season 6 - More short clips (from http://tiny.cc/vr3ns) Season 0 - Chats with friends (w/ emphasis on learning & development)

  1. 05/04/2023

    (S5,Ep16) Overview of Vygotsky’s Theory (Veresov, 2021)

    Helpful article, worth reading in full. For now, here are four excerpts from “Cultural-Historical Theory and the Dialectics of Lower and Higher Psychological Functions" by Nikolai Veresov (2021) (If I sound a little off, well a. i. have a little . . . cold ; )

    8 min

  2. 03/11/2023

    (S4,Ep68) Vygotsky's Life Could Be a Movie

    with Francine Smolucha, Vygotskian translator, researcher, & teacher  (Initially posted Nov 17, 2022) Full chat: http://tiny.cc/6g65vz

    2 min

  3. 12/09/2022

    (S4,Ep67) Three more concepts for literacy and life

    A few more considerations and ideas for reading fictional literature and "fictional reality”: texts as intentional acts; texts as a 'turn' in an ongoing cultural conversation; and threshold concepts.  This excerpt is from "Thinking and Feeling Our Way Through Fake News" with Michael W. Smith http://tiny.cc/m1v1vz

    2 min

  4. 12/09/2022

    (S4,Ep66) Using literary skills to read the world (2)

    A few more tools for reading fictional literature and "fictional reality”: Impression management, narrator reliability, and a transferable question set that can be carried wherever one goes.   This excerpt is from "Thinking and Feeling Our Way Through Fake News" with Michael W. Smith http://tiny.cc/m1v1vz

    2 min

  5. 12/09/2022

    (S4,Ep65) Using literary skills to read the world (1)

    Readers of literature tend to have rich imaginations which can sometimes be a barrier to parsing information in the world.  On the other hand, literary skills can be great armor in the battle against information pollution.  Here are a few tools.    This excerpt is from "Thinking and Feeling Our Way Through Fake News" with Michael W. Smith http://tiny.cc/m1v1vz

    2 min

  6. 11/18/2022

    (S1,EP26) Vygotskian Creativity: In Theory, Practice, and Life

    Francine Smolucha has been translating, teaching, and researching Vygotsky since the 1980s. Along with an interesting personal history, we get a great look at creativity’s line of development from infancy through fully-realized adulthood.  Highlights include:  0:48 - Francine’s interesting backstory  5:00 - Can people consciously direct their imaginative thinking?  10:38 - Visual isomorphism is useful - and fun!  18:00 - Why do creativity exercises?  24:06 - Artists and intuition  27:50 - Do children have innate creative imaginations?  36:48 - Vygotsky on the role of play in development (pretend play and object substitution)  42:48 - How (and when) do higher mental functions and psychological systems interact?  46:50 - Vygotsky and neuroscience  51:20 - What comes first: brain or concept (or function) development?  56:34 - What does “word meaning develops” mean?  1:05:38 - Development of concepts vs. that of word meaning  1:09:56 - Vygotsky’s idea of a fully developed adult  1:17:00 - Pros and cons of scientific concepts (and “restrictive frames”)  1:22:45 - Frame flexibility and being different  1:24:35 - Francine’s role in the Vygotskysphere  1:29:05 - Vygotsky as film character and as role model  1:32:50 - The role of conflict resolution and perseverance in Francine’s own development  1:45:03 - Ideas for everybody  1:52:15 - Some ideas for maintaining creative development through adolescence  1:59:26 - Honoring everyday creativity : )  Links & References: "Vygotsky’s theory in-play: early childhood education" - http://tiny.cc/m321vz  "Why Man Creates" - http://tiny.cc/n321vz  "An interesting assignment" - http://tiny.cc/p321vz

    2h 7m

  7. 11/09/2022

    (S1,Ep25) Thinking and Feeling Our Way Through Fake News

    This discussion is about developing better filters for processing information in a messy world.  Literacy and teaching expert Michael W. Smith helps us strengthen our mindset and skillset for navigating fake news. We also discuss great teaching concepts that work well in the classroom and the public sphere. For busy teachers, Smith offers efficient ways of using one's existing practice to help students identify and interrogate information pollution.  Highlights include:  0:46 - A quick review of key concepts and ideas from our first chat (http://tiny.cc/u3r0vz)  1:52 - An overview of Michael's new book, "Fighting Fake News"  3:02 - How can busy teachers incorporate 'fake news defense' into their existing instruction?  5:24 - The importance of 'reading ourselves' and owning our own role in the pollution process  6:24 - As a concept and as reality, what is fake news?  8:55 - Literacy-wise, can skills and strategies transfer from 'fictional' to 'fake' texts?  10:13 - The crucial role of TRANSFER in learning (and in Michael's career path)  14:25 - Making opaque 'insider strategies' more explicit (and helping student do the same)  18:22 - Working backwards from enjoyable, engaging activity to formal articulation  22:10 - Applying characterization, unreliable narrator, and "rules of notice" strategies to fake news  27:00 - How is the maker(s) of this text moving my attention around, and how do I feel about that?  32:52 - Applying the 'persuasion filter' without excessive cynicism  34:34 - Reading laterally (recognizing texts as part of an ongoing cultural conversation)  36:29 - Is knowing thyself a threshold concept in the realm of fake news?  37:58 - In the world, evidence is disputed -- so "what would create a safe starting point?"  41:30 - Is reliable sensemaking possible for individuals? Mindset + skillset helps - or can help.  47:38 - Creating contexts that lend themselves to lateral reading and social trust  52:22 - Speed round: Transfer  54:22 - Speed round: Texts are intentional acts  55:39 - Speed round: Texts as a turn in an ongoing cultural conversation  56:44 - Speed round: Threshold concepts   References & Resources:  "Fighting Fake News: Teaching Students to Identify & Interrogate Information Pollution" - https://bit.ly/3tfsUQO Michael's books - https://amzn.to/3tcj6qz and https://bit.ly/3NRI48h "How to Mislead with Facts" - https://bit.ly/3huUWoY   "Algorithmic Media for Good" - https://bit.ly/3EgFoOv Twitter Birdwatch - https://tcrn.ch/3UI1bUH

    59 min

  8. 10/29/2022

    (S1,Ep24) A Tale of Two Stories - David Kellogg on Vygotsky

    David Kellogg discusses key challenges to talking about Vygotsky in public-friendly ways (main reason: it's hard, for teachers and learners). Storytelling, he says, can create helpful meeting points between concrete and abstract ideas, provided the stories aren't too misleading. After discussing various difficulties, David offers two stories as a means of explaining Vygotsky's main project. Highlights include: 0:42 - some points of embarrassment 2:34 - barriers to making Vygotsky accessible to non-experts 5:00 - learning & teaching (via Walter Benjamin) 7:48 - esoteric and exoteric knowledge, differences and links 13:03 - more barriers to linking the esoteric and exoteric (maybe) 18:03 - the main reason: teaching is hard (and so is learning) 20:00 - stories as meeting-point between the concrete and abstract (including misleading ones) 25:00 - family stuff: a talented and smart bunch 27:49 - a better way to tell stories (i.e., metaphors) about our brains & development 29:47 - the spinal cord story (Master story 1, with its four levels) 35:36 - the human development/Vygotsky story (Master story 2, with its four stages) 44:00 - Vygotsky said THAT these two kinds of stories are distinct yet LINKED (a mega story, a meta story, a story of stories) 45:35 - Halladay helps to show HOW the two big stories are linked: expansion and projection 50:10 - an illustration, at the language level (using transitions - elaboration, extension, and enhancement) 1:00:29 - neoformations and disrupted lines of development (a follow-up) 1:07:34 - helpful perspectives for parents 1:13:38 - other lines of development 1:17:07 - development crises vs. mental illness (i.e., a crisis that doesn't culminate) References: ResearchGate: David Kellogg - http://tiny.cc/dog0vz "How to Grow My Brain" (Khan Academy) - http://tiny.cc/48b0vz "Angelus Novus" (Klee) - https://magazine.artland.com/stories-of-iconic-artworks-paul-klees-angelus-novus/

    1h 20m
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Let's try to better understand Vygotsky's ideas. These are audio versions of my YouTube videos found here: http://tiny.cc/3zayuz I'm no expert, so take my remarks with salt. Fortunately, most episodes in this podcast *DO* feature conversations with experts and deep researchers. Season 1 - Chats about CHT & Teaching; Season 2 - 5 Principles for Vygotskian Research; Season 3 - Answered Questions; Season 4 - Snippets & Excerpts; Season 5 - Notes on certain concepts; Season 6 - More short clips (from http://tiny.cc/vr3ns) Season 0 - Chats with friends (w/ emphasis on learning & development)

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  • Creator
    Anthony Barra
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2023
  • Episodes
    228
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Anthony Barra
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