The invited speakers are among the most representative scholars and interpreters of Vygotskian thought at the national and international level. They are representative of different prestigious universities: Moscow State University for Psychology and Education; University of Sevilla, Spain; La Habana, Cuba; University of Florence, Italy; Sapienza, University of Rome; University of Arcavacata di Rende (CS), followers of the Historical-cultural trend in Psychology and/or the Activity Theory Approach - by L.S.Vygotskij, A.R. Lurija, A.N.Leont’ev, V.V.Davydov, V.V.Rubtzov. They are actually involved in research expanding a multicultural approach to psycho-pedagogical development and learning.
Main purpose: revisit the Historical-cultural and Activity Approaches to face the XXI century’s new educational and instructional needs. Consequently, the issues present further developments of the psycho-pedagogical approaches in different countries in the frame of internationalization and joint cooperation.
Guido Benvenuto, Full Professor of Research Methods in Education, shares extended knowledge of the historical-cultural approach in training professional educators, promoting two double- degrees between Sapienza University and Russian universities at Moscow and Stavropol (Caucasus).
Maria Serena Veggetti, Full Professor of General Psychology, philosophical and psychological formation, the latter at Lomonosov State University / Moscow, introducing the first contributions in Italy aims at the Vygotskyan purpose: General Psychology as dialectics in Education by predisposing double-degree Russia/Rome Sapienza.