Focusing on a conception of language that draws in particular on the works of L. Vygotsky, M. Bakhtin, and V. Voloshinov, Luis Radford, Professor at Laurentian University, Canada, takes a look at language as a dynamic system constantly configuring, enabling, and organising action, thought, and our relationships with others, hosted by the Institute of Applied Educational Sciences on 10 May.
Professor Radford will illustrate this idea through a video clip of young students in a mathematics classroom and discusses the conceptual and emotional role of language in teaching and learning.
Radford is a full professor at Laurentian University, Canada where he teaches and conducts research at École des sciences de l’éducation. He received the 2011 ICMI Hans Freudenthal Medal and is now vice-president of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI). His research interests cover both theoretical and practical aspects of mathematics thinking, teaching, and learning. The vertebral axis of his research is a sustained involvement in classroom work with teachers and students. As a sociocultural theorist, he is interested in moving beyond bourgeois student-centred pedagogical discourses. In his approach, learning is conceptualised as a social, political, and transformative process through which the students critically encounter other (historical and contemporary) voices and perspectives.
The lecture starts at 17.00 in room 4.500 of the Maison du Savoir on the University of Luxembourg Belval Campus.
