GRIFE Finnish Education and Global Perspectives Seminar Series XIII
We are delighted to invite you to the upcoming GRIFE Seminar Series XIII, titled " CHANGE LABORATORIES IN SCHOOLS: MOVING INTO THE ZONE OF PROXIMAL DEVELOPMENT ”.
You are welcome to join us onsite at The Education University of Hong Kong or online via Zoom.
Cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT) offers a rich conceptual toolkit for participatory educational transformations by means of Change Laboratory formative interventions. Such systemic bottom-up transformations are needed as educational systems face three pervasive contradictions, manifesting themselves in skin-deep learning, encapsulation of the school, and alienation of students. The lecture introduces key features and instruments of the Change Laboratory. Three examples of Change Laboratory interventions are presented, each addressing one of the pervasive contradictions. The CHAT perspective on educational change is summed up by proposing a zone of proximal development for school education.
Please save the date and register your attendance at the link below.
Host | Professor Lixun WANG, Acting Head and Professor (Practice), Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies; Associate Dean (International Engagement), Faculty of Humanities; Associate Co-Director, Global Institute for Emerging Technologies; Associate Director, GRIFE, The Education University of Hong Kong
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Speaker | Professor Yrjö Engeström, Professor, Adult Education; Director o, Center for Research on Activity, Development and Learning (CRADLE), University of Helsinki; Professor Emeritus of Communication, University of California, San Diego
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Venue | B2-LP-14, The Education University of Hong Kong |
Zoom | To be provided after registration
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Date and time | 22 October 2025 (Wednesday)
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| Register link | https://eduhk.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9NVjVsOP4eN04aW
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| Recording | To be shared |
Stay tuned for more details! For the latest updates, visit the GRIFE website: https://grife.eduhk.hk/ .
Should you have any questions, feel free to contact us at grife@eduhk.hk .
We can’t wait to welcome you and explore these important discussions together!
