Refereed Scholarly Presentations

Gajdamaschko, N. (2018, January). Lev Vygotsky's Notion of Psychological Tools and its Role in Education. Presentation at the 16th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education,  Honolulu, HI.

Gajdamaschko, N. (2017, January). Lev Vygotsky and neo-Vygotkians on Imagination Development: Appearance on New Capacities of Imagination During the Crisis of Development. Paper presented at the HICE International Conference on Education, USA.  

Gajdamaschko, N. (2016, January). Lev Vygotsky on Social Situation of Development and Perezhivanie. Presentation. USA.  

Gajdamaschko, N. (2015, January). Understanding Play as a Project of Childhood. Paper presented at the HICE International Conference on Education, USA.  

Gajdamaschko, N. & Lapenskie, J. (2014, January). Development of a Q-Methodology Based Course Assessment Tool to Capture Shifts in Students Theoretical Frameworks due to Participation in a Vygotsky Master Class. Paper presented at the HICE International Conference on Education, USA.

Gajdamaschko, N. & Takach, I. (2014, January). Cross-cultural Investigation of Barriers to and Support for Students Success in Post-Secondary System in Canada and Hungary. Paper presented a the HICE International Conference on Education, USA.

Gajdamaschko, N. (2012, January). The Academic Success of International and New Immigrant Students at Simon Fraser University: Mixed-Methods Analysis. Paper presented at the Hawaii International Conference on Education. Honolulu, HI. 

Gajdamaschko, N. (2011, March). Barriers to, and Supports for, Academic Success in Post-Secondary Education for International and New Immigrant Students. (With Nancy Johnston). Paper presented at the Thirteenth National Metropolis Conference. Vancouver, BC. 

Gajdamaschko, N. (2010, January). The Results and Impacts of Simon Fraser University's Student Success Pilot Program. Paper presented at Hawaii International Conference on Education. Honolulu, HI. 

Gajdamaschko, N. (2010, January). Lev Vygotsky on the Role of Context in Child Development. (With Kieran Egan). Paper presented at Hawaii International Conference on Education. Honolulu, HI.  

Gajdamaschko, N. (2009, January). Vygotsky in Practice: Case Study of One School. Paper presented at Hawaii International Conference on Education. Honolulu, HI. 

Gajdamaschko, N. (2008, January). Theoretical Incompatibilities in Teachers' Self-Understandings of Educational Practice: An Examination Using Q methodology. Paper presented at Hawaii International Conference on Education. Honolulu, HI. 

Gajdamaschko, N. (2006, April). Imaginative and Emotional Engagement in Learning. (With A. Chodakowski, K. Egan, M. Fettes, G. Judson, & G. Madoc-Jones). Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association. San Francisco, CA. 

Gajdamaschko, N. (2006, January). The Centrality of Imagination in Teaching and Learning. (With A. Chodakowski, K. Egan, G. Madoc-Jones & K. Stewart). Paper presented at the Hawaii International Conference on Education. Honolulu, HI. 

Gajdamaschko, N. (2005, October). Searching for “Incompatibilities” in Teachers’ Self-understandings of Practice. An Exploratory Study Using Q-methodology. (With Geoffrey Madoc-Jones). Paper presented at the Conference of International Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity. Vancouver, BC. 

Gajdamaschko, N. (2005, April). Learner Resistance to Literacy Scaffolding: A Case Study. (With Kelleen Toohey).  Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Montreal, QC. 

Gajdamaschko, N. (2004, April). Teaching Vygotsky’s Educational Theory: Translating Concepts across Time and Culture. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. San Diego, CA. 

Gajdamaschko, N. (2004, April). International Collaboration on New Public Administration and Policy Academic Programs in Russia, Ukraine, and Georgia. (With D. Durning.) Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. San Diego, CA. 

Gajdamaschko, N. (2004, April). Model Schools, New Assessments, Educational Equity: Vygotskian Perspectives. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. San Diego, CA. 

Gajdamaschko, N. (2003, July). Vygotsky: Creativity, Imagination, Development. Paper presented at the First International Conference on Imagination and Education. Vancouver, BC. 

Gajdamaschko, N. with Kieran Egan. (2003, April). Vygotskian Theory and the North American Curriculum. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research ssociation. Chicago, IL. 

Gajdamaschko, N. with K. Egan & J. Warburton. (2002, July). Imagination and Teacher Education. Paper presented at the Ninth International Learning Conference. Beijing, China 

Gajdamaschko, N. (2002, September). The Unique Contribution of Vygotskian-Lurian Psychology to Current Teacher Education in North America. Paper presented at the Second International Luria Memorial Conference “Alexander Luria and the psychology of the XXIst century.” Moscow, Russia. 

Gajdamaschko, N. with D. Durning. (1998, September). Is the Organizational Culture of Ukrainian Public Administration Changing? Paper presented at the International conference on Organizational Psychology and Transition Processes in Central and Eastern Europe. Dubrovnik, Croatia. 

Gajdamaschko, N. (1998, July). Lev Vygotsky and Paul Torrance: In Search of Talent. Paper presented at the World Council for Curriculum and Instruction, Ninth Triennial World Conference. Bangkok, Thailand. 

Gajdamaschko, N. (1997, July). Vygotsky’s Cultural-Historical Paradigm for Gifted Education: Social Construction of Gifted Education and Tools for Developing Talent. Paper presented at the 12th Biennial Conference of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children. Seattle, WA. 

Gajdamaschko, N. with Durning, D. (1997, July). A comparison of the cultural transmission on public administrators’ managerial perspectives in Ukraine and the United States.”  Paper presented at the Twentieth Annual Scientific Meeting of International Society of Political Psychology “Political Psychology in the Post-Cold War World”. Krakow, Poland. 

Gajdamaschko, N. with D. Durning & S. Selden. (1997, April). Comparative Analysis of Ukrainian and American Managerial Attitudes in the Public sector:  An Empirical Study Using Q Methodology. Paper presented at the 1997 European Congress on Work and Organizational Psychology. Verona, Italy. 

Gajdamaschko, N. with S. Condrey. (1995, March). Teaching Public Administrators in Ukraine: Challenges and Opportunities. Paper Presented at the 18th National Conference on Teaching Public Administration. Seattle, WA.

Gajdamaschko, N. (1995, July). The Bloomer Learning Test: Empirical Verification of Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development. Paper presented at the International School Psychology Association Colloquium. Dundee, Scotland. 

Gajdamaschko, N. (1995, April). Counselling Managers in Ukraine. Paper presented at the 7th European Congress of Work and Organizational Psychology. Gyor, Hungary. 

Gajdamaschko, N. (1994, October). Stimulation of Creativity of Managers. Paper presented at the Fourth European Conference on High Ability. Nijmegen, the Netherlands. 

Gajdamaschko, N. with V. Tatenko. (1991, July). Problems and Needs of Psychological Practice in Schools. Paper presented at the Second European Congress of Psychology. Budapest, Hungary. 

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