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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association
  • 1987 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Barbara Rogoff is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on the social sciences, with a strong emphasis on cultural studies, education, and social psychology.

Their research topics span several areas including:

  • Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education
  • Community Health and Development
  • Parental Involvement in Education
  • Cultural Differences and Values
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Multilingual Education and Policy
  • Migration, Education, Indigenous Social Dynamics

Barbara Rogoff has contributed to numerous academic journals with a concentration in certain publication venues. Frequent venues for their work include:

  • Journal for the Study of Education and Development Infancia y Aprendizaje
  • Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
  • Review of Research in Education
  • Modern Language Journal
  • Social Development

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Barbara Rogoff and colleagues include:

  • "Pathways Forward for Indigenous Language Reclamation: Engaging Indigenous Epistemology and Learning by Observing and Pitching in to Family and Community Endeavors," 2020, Modern Language Journal
  • "The key role of community in Learning by Observing and Pitching In to family and community endeavours (El papel clave de la comunidad en Aprender por medio de Observar y Acomedirse en las actividades de la familia y la comunidad)," 2022, Journal for the Study of Education and Development Infancia y Aprendizaje
  • "Cultural variation in the early development of initiative in children's prosocial helping," 2021, Social Development
  • "Collaboration at a microscale: Cultural differences in family interactions," 2022, British Journal of Developmental Psychology
  • "Children's fluid collaboration versus managing individual agendas: Cultural differences in pair programming," 2022, Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers including:

  • Edward W. Lowe
  • Rebeca Mejía-Arauz
  • Itzel Aceves-Azuara
  • Richard Henne-Ochoa
  • Emma Elliott-Groves

Barbara Rogoff's work has been recognized by professional organizations, with awards including:

  • Fellow of the American Educational Research Association, 2008
  • Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), 1987

Best Publications

  • Apprenticeship in Thinking: Cognitive Development in Social Context

    Barbara Rogoff

  • The Cultural Nature of Human Development

    Barbara Rogoff

  • Cultural Ways of Learning: Individual Traits or Repertoires of Practice:

    Kris D. Gutiérrez;Barbara Rogoff

  • Aprendices del pensamiento: el desarrollo cognitivo en el contexto social

    Barbara Rogoff

  • Firsthand Learning Through Intent Participation

    Barbara Rogoff;Ruth Paradise;Rebeca Mejía Arauz;Maricela Correa-Chávez

  • Guided Participation in Cultural Activity by Toddlers and Caregivers

    Barbara Rogoff;Jayanthi Mistry;Artin Goncu;Christine Mosier

  • Developing understanding of the idea of communities of learners

    Barbara Rogoff

  • Cultural learning. Author's reply

    K. A. Bard;S. Baron-Cohen;B. J. Moore;C. Boesch

  • Advances in developmental psychology

    Michael E. Lamb;Ann L. Brown;Barbara Rogoff

  • Cognition as a collaborative process.

    Barbara Rogoff

  • Adult guidance of cognitive development.

    Barbara Rogoff;William Gardner

  • Collaborative problem solving and children's planning skills.

    Mary Gauvain;Barbara Rogoff

  • Models of Teaching and Learning

    Barbara Rogoff;Eugene Matusov;Cynthia White

  • Children's learning in the "zone of proximal development"

    Barbara Rogoff;James V. Wertsch

  • Development through participation in sociocultural activity

    Barbara Rogoff;Jacqueline Baker-Sennett;Pilar Lacasa;Denise Goldsmith

  • Learning by Observing and Pitching In to Family and Community Endeavors: An Orientation

    Barbara Rogoff

  • Cultural Variation in Infants' Sleeping Arrangements: Questions of Independence

    Gilda A. Morelli;Barbara Rogoff;David Oppenheim;Denise Goldsmith

  • Side by Side: Learning by Observing and Pitching In

    Ruth Paradise;Barbara Rogoff

  • Learning Together: Children and Adults in a School Community

    Barbara Rogoff;Carolyn Goodman Turkanis;Leslee Bartlett

  • What's Become of Research on the Cultural Basis of Cognitive Development?.

    Barbara Rogoff;Pablo Chavajay

  • Voices of the Mind: A Sociocultural Approach to Mediated Action

    Jacquelyn Baker-Sennett;Barbara Rogoff;Nancy Bell;James V. Wertsch

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerome Kagan
Jerome Kagan Harvard University
Nora S. Newcombe
Nora S. Newcombe Temple University
James V. Wertsch
James V. Wertsch Washington University in St. Louis
Mary Gauvain
Mary Gauvain University of California, Riverside
Nathan A. Fox
Nathan A. Fox University of Maryland, College Park
David R. Olson
David R. Olson University of Toronto
Michael Tomasello
Michael Tomasello Duke University
Abigail J. Stewart
Abigail J. Stewart University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Marjorie Harness Goodwin
Marjorie Harness Goodwin University of California, Los Angeles
Kim A. Bard
Kim A. Bard University of Portsmouth

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