Vygotsky Podcast

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 ; )

with Francine Smolucha, Vygotskian translator, researcher, & teacher (Initially posted Nov 17, 2022)

Full chat: http://tiny.cc/6g65vz

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

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

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