Therapy Through Development: Implementing the Vygotskian ECE Program in Russia and the USA

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session Saturday 1:30 pm Four Seasons Ballroom 1
  In Roundtable Session: CHATting Across the Pond: Implementing Vygotskian-Based ECE Curricula in the U.S. and Russian Federation (Table 4)

Abstract

Most of the attempts to implement a Vygotskian-based curriculum across the world emphasized its value for students’ cognitive gains, however, the approaches to such a curriculum from the perspective of remedy and repair are few if not nonexistent. The proposed presentation will focus on a lesser-known aspect of development-oriented education rooted in the Vygotskian and post-Vygotskian framework: its potential for serving as therapy for young children with trauma while at the same time promoting their learning and development. The presenters will discuss their experience of implementing a Vygotskian-based ECE curriculum in Russia and the USA with young children including the ones who had lived through various kinds of traumatic experiences

Authors

• Vera Brofman, Touro College

• Inna Rabinovich, Touro College

• Boris Masterov, The Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences

• Zalina Tekoeva, The Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences