ECCE 2018 Vygotsky's Cultural-Historical Theory in the Context of Preschool Education
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Date: 2018-12-04

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On May 18, at the VII International Conference "Early Childhood Care and Education", a round table discussion "Vygotsky's Cultural-Historical Theory in the Context of Preschool Education." was held.

The round table is devoted to the analysis of Vygotsky's cultural-historical approach in modern world and Russian practice of education and training of young children. The main goal of the meeting is to see possible prospects for LS Vygotsky's ideas development in the educational culture and to discuss the possibilities of conducting joint research. Vygotsky is not only a bright thinker and a researcher of childhood, ahead of his time, but also a scientist whose works continue to influence the development of modern preschool education.

Chairs:
▪ Nikolay Veraksa — Rector of the International Academy of Preschool
Education, Moscow (IAPE), Head of the Center for Education and Social Pedagogy at the Institute for Childhood, Family
and Education Studies of the Russian Academy of Education,
Doctor of Psychology, Professor (Russia).
▪ Roger Säljö — PhD, Professor, Director of the Linnaeus Centre for
Research on Learning, Interaction and Mediated Communication
in Contemporary Society, University of Gothenburg (Sweden).
Experts:
1. Ana Nieves Rosa — PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology,
University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez (Puerto Rico).
2. Aleksander Veraksa — Doctor of Psychology, Head of Department of Pedagogical Psychology and Education of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Vice-President of the Russian Psychological Society, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Education (Russia).
3. Yoshie Kaga — Programme Specialist, Section of Education
for Inclusion and Gender Equality, Division for Education 2030
Support and Coordination, UNESCO (Japan).
4. Saths Cooper — Vice President of the International Social Sciences Council ISSC, President of the Pan-African Psychology
Union PAPU, Extraordinary Professor of the University of Pretoria,
Honorary Professor of the University of Limpopo (South
Africa).
5. Elena Smirnova — Professor, Doctor of Psychology, Head of
the Laboratory for the Preschool Mental Development at the
Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Education,
Senior Researcher of the Moscow Center for Psychological and
Pedagogical Assessment of Games and Toys (Russia).
6. Vladimir Sobkin — Director of the Center for Sociology of Education at the Institute of Education Management of the Russian
Academy of Education, Doctor of Psychology, Member of the
Russian Academy of Education (Russia).
7. Francisco Pons — professor of developmental psychology at the
Department of Psychology of the University of Oslo (Norway).
8. Igor Shiyan — PhD in Psychology, Deputy Director of the Institute
of System Projects of the Moscow City University (Russia).
9. Olga Shiyan — PhD in Psychology, Senior Researcher at the
Laboratory of Childhood Development at the Moscow City University, Professor of the Department of Cognitive Psychology at
the Vygotsky Institute of Psychology of the Russian State University for the Humanities (Russia).