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Barbara Rogoff | |
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| Title | UCSC Distinguished Professor of Psychology |
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| Institutions | University of California, Santa Cruz |
Barbara Rogoff is an American academic who is UCSC Distinguished Professor of Psychology at theUniversity of California, Santa Cruz.[1] Her research is in different learning betweencultures and bridgespsychology andanthropology.
Rogoff graduated fromPomona College with aB.A. in psychology in 1971. She earned herPh.D. fromHarvard University in 1977.[2]
Rogoff investigates cultural variation in learning processes and settings, with special interest in communities where schooling has not been prevalent.[citation needed]
Rogoff is the recipient of a Distinguished Lifetime Contributions Award from theSociety for Research in Child Development[1] and UCSC's 2017 Martin M. Chemers Award for Outstanding Research.[3] Her fellowships include theNational Academy of Education, theAmerican Anthropological Association, theAssociation for Psychological Science, theAmerican Psychological Association, and theAmerican Educational Research Association.[1]
Rogoff's bookLearning Together: Children and Adults in a School Community,[4] co-authored with teachers Carolyn Turkanis and Leslee Bartlett, profiled Salt Lake City's "Open Classroom," a parent-cooperative education program that is now a K-8 charter school.
Rogoff authored a chapter, "Cognition as a Collaborative Process", in the editedHandbook of Child Psychology. In it, she discussesConstructivist theorist Piaget andSociocultural theorist Vygotsky in relation to collaboration, the role of adult experts in the process of learning, peer interaction and community collaborative sociocultural activities.
Most popular, Rogoff work isThe Cultural Nature of Human Development and the recent oneDeveloping Destinies: A Mayan Midwife and Town. This book outlines how cultural practices guide one's participation and how community members choose and change cultural practices.
