Barbara Rogoff http://people.ucsc.edu/~brogoff/ Presented by: Alfredo Davila EDCI 6304 – Spring 2009 – Dr. Michael Sullivan Biography Personal • Divorced, 3 Children. • She likes the food from Monterrey, NL Education • Ph.D., Harvard University • B.A., Pomona College Currently employment She work as professor /researcher at the University of Santa Cruz in California At the department of Psychology Books The Cultural Nature of Human Development. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. Learning Together: Children and Adults in a School Community (Psychology) New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. Apprenticeship in Thinking (1990) Research Focus 1. Investigates cultural variation in learning processes and settings, with special interest in communities where schooling has not been prevalent. 2. Cultural aspects of collaboration, learning through observation, children's interest and keen attention to ongoing events, roles of adults as guides or as instructors, and children's opportunities to participate in cultural activities or in age-specific child-focused settings Barbara - Alfredo (the communication) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Barbara: I have a homework, my homework is: to write something about you !!! J I know that exist a lot of information about you and your books and articles, I have to check that, but in the meantime I thought about contact you, to say you Hi , from Brownsville Texas, I work / Study here, I’m from Mexico (Monterrey) I know you know Monterrey. Anyway, I have a prepare a document about you 3-5 pages, do you have a recommendation / suggestion for me ? The class I’m: Learning and Cognition, my professor is Dr. Michael Sullivan. Thanks, Hola Alfredo, How fun! I'm sorry not to be able to put something together for you (I have a big deadline coming up), but I think maybe you can find some video clips and other information by googling my name. Or looking in my books Apprenticeship in Thinking , or Learning Together. Good luck to you and your class. Barbara Hi Barbara: Thanks for answer, yes I still working about you ... maybe is not important, but I don't know if you are married, have kids, or I don't know brief personal information. I'm looking your webpage, its very interesting. Have a good day ! Ahhh Did you like the "Cabrito" plate in Monterrey NL ? Alfredo Divorced, 3 kids. More info is in "Learning Together" I loved the food in Monterrey. Barbara On Jan 23, 2009, at 7:02 PM, Alfredo Davila wrote: Good luck to you and your class. Barbara Thanks !!!