US-Brazil Workshop: Methods for Studying Human Development in Culturally Diverse Contexts, April 2004, Serrambi, Brazil

国际科学和工程办公室的美洲方案以及行为和认知科学部的发展和学习科学方案支持由特拉华县宾夕法尼亚州立大学的辛西娅·莱特福特组织的为期三天的研讨会，巴西联合组织者伯南布哥联邦大学的玛丽亚·莱拉帮助举办了一次为期三天的研讨会。研讨会将于2004年4月8日至10日在巴西伯南布哥的Serrambi举行。来自美国、巴西、加拿大和欧洲的研究生、职业生涯早期教师和高级教师将制定适合在不同社会文化背景下研究人类发展的研究方法。该学院的重点将放在处于文化背景下的人类发展，既包括元理论，也包括其对解决发展多样性的影响。本次研讨会将汇集来自研究项目早期阶段代表不足群体的年轻学者，以及在本科院校担任终身教职的年轻教师。除了让这些年轻的研究人员在国际范围内进行科学讨论外，预计讲习班还将带来重大的职业机会，包括国际联合项目和出版物。学生和教职员工将共同研究与正在进行的工作相关的方法，特别是年轻学者的研究计划，预计将产生实质性的国际研究合作。

The Americas Program of the Office of International Science and Engineering and the Developmental and Learning Sciences Program in the Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences support a three-day workshop organized by Cynthia Lightfoot of the Pennsylvania State University, Delaware County with the assistance of Brazilian co-organizer Maria Lyra of the Federal University of Pernambuco. This workshop will convene April 8-10, 2004 in Serrambi, Pernambuco, Brazil. Graduate students, early-career faculty, and senior faculty from the U.S., Brazil, Canada, and Europe will formulate research methods appropriate for studying human development in diverse sociocultural contexts. The focus of this school will be on human development as culturally situated, both metatheoretically and in its implications for addressing developmental diversity.This workshop will bring together young scholars from underrepresented groups in the early phases of developing research programs as well as young faculty who are in tenure-track positions at undergraduate institutions. In addition to exposing these young researchers to scientific discussions in an international context, the workshops are expected to result in significant professional opportunities, including international joint projects and publications. The students and faculty will work jointly on methodologies that are relevant to works in progress, particularly research programs of the young scholars, and substantive international research collaborations are expected to result.