1. Barbara Rogoff

2. Barbara Rogoff Received Ph.D. in 1977- Harvard University
Psychology Professor at the University of California Santa Cruz Foundation (UCSC) since 1992
Held the University of California Presidential Chair from

3. Sociocultural Theory Lev Vigotsky’s Theory- 1920’s and 1930’s
--Human activities and skills take place in cultural contexts.
--Development is mediated by language and other cultural factors.
--Within their own historical development.
Dr. Rogoff’s Concept
--Community Participation

4. Rogoff’s Concept More than 25 years studying children’s learning.
Children learn through engagement.
Specializes in cultural aspects of child development.
Adults as guides and sharing problem solving.

5. Organizations Fellow of the American Psychological Society
Fellow of the American Anthropological Association
Fellow of the American Psychological Association
Study Section member for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Past Fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
Kellogg Fellow
Spencer Fellow
Osher Fellow of the Exploratorium
Committee member on the Science of Learning for the U.S. National Academy of Science

6. Accomplishments Editor of Human Development
Editor of the Newsletter of the Society for Research in Child Development
Received the Scribner Award from the AERA for her book “Apprenticeship in Thinking”
Received the William James Book Award of the American Psychological Association for her book “The Cultural Nature of Human Development”

7. Published Books Apprenticeship in Thinking (1990)
The Cultural Nature of Human Development (2003)
Learning Together: Children and Adults in a School Community (2004)

8. Conducting Research CILS- Center for Informal Learning and Schools
Elementary School in Salt Lake City, UT
UCSC

9. Dr. Rogoff’s Research Group
Cultural variation in learning processes.
Indigenous-heritage communities
--Central America
--North America
Structure of informal learning
--Schooling not prevalent
--Innovative elementary schools

10. Planes of Analysis Individual- Apprenticeship plane
Interpersonal- Guided participation
Community/Cultural- Participatory Appropriation

11. Thank You
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