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 2003-2006
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
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.
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
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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
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”
Published Books
 Apprenticeship in Thinking (1990)
 The Cultural Nature of Human Development (2003)
 Learning Together: Children and Adults in a School
Community (2004)
Conducting Research
 CILS- Center for Informal Learning and Schools
 Elementary School in Salt Lake City, UT
 UCSC
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
Planes of Analysis
1.
Individual- Apprenticeship plane
2. Interpersonal- Guided participation
3. Community/Cultural- Participatory Appropriation
Thank You
Questions?