My research goals center around studying socio-cognitive processes in
cultural contexts, stemming from my early research in Moscow with scholars
working in a Vygotskian tradition. I am committed to studying learning and
development in terms of how people become members of institutions and
contribute to changes in them. My basic interest is in studying cognitive
processes (such as planning, problem solving, resolving interpersonal
conflicts, organizing guidance and collaboration, and so on) in
institutional contexts, especially schools. My research interests are at
the crossroads of developmental and cross-cultural psychology, education,
anthropology, and sociology in studying the development of educational
institutions and their members, with a particular interest in processes of
social interaction and cognition in cultural contexts, including a focus on
peer and adult-child interaction, cognitive development (especially
planning), and the relation of schooling to intellectual discourse. My
general assumption is that social interaction and problem-solving are shaped
by a culture and, at the same time, contribute to cultural changes. I'm
closely working with Barbara Rogoff and her former and current students.
Eugene Matusov
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Eugene Matusov
Psychology Department
University of California at Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
EMATUSOV@cats.ucsc.edu