Agency and social transformation: Addressing the current crisis of inequality in education and beyond

Recent advances at the intersection of psychology and education have focused on situated, dynamic and culturally mediated processes. However, these approaches rarely address ethical and axiological dimensions and do not offer sufficient grounds to resist marketization of science and education. This talk will discuss a broadly dialectical-transformative approach (in expanding on Vygotsky’s project) underwritten by ideology of equality and social justice. The focus will be on how the notion of collaborative transformation premised on human agency and commitment to a sought-after future can help us move forward to address the current crisis of inequality in education and beyond.