U.S.-Brazil: Social Ecology of Human Development in Brazil and the United States

9302036 Valsiner这个美国-巴西项目奖将支持北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校卡罗莱纳人类发展联盟的Jaan Valsiner和圣保罗大学Ribeirao Preto巴西人类发展联盟的Maria Ferreira的合作。该项目旨在探索儿童发展的社会生态。卡罗莱纳联盟包括北卡罗来纳大学、北卡罗来纳州立大学和杜克大学。巴西财团包括巴西利亚大学、圣保罗大学里贝拉奥普雷托分校、坎皮纳斯州立大学、伯南布哥联邦大学和弗卢米嫩塞联邦大学。这种群体对群体互动的研究主题包括成人-婴儿互动中符号手段的构建；儿童同伴关系中的合作与竞争；对父母和教师在教育环境中的作用的共同建构主义分析；生活过程分析；以及儿童在社会文化背景下识字能力的发展。参与这一合作努力的所有机构都将受益于巴西和美国发展科学家之间的知识和方法交流以及建立一个有组织的框架。***

9302036 Valsiner This U.S.-Brazil Program award will support the collaboration of Jaan Valsiner of the Carolina Consortium on Human Development at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Maria Ferreira of the Brazilian Consortium on Human Development at the University of Sao Paulo at Ribeirao Preto. The project aims to explore social ecology of child development. The Carolina Consortium involves the University of North Carolina, North Carolina State University, and Duke University. The Brazilian Consortium involves the University of Brasilia, University of Sao Paulo at Ribeirao Preto, State University of Campinas, Federal University of Pernambuco, and Federal University of Fluminense. Research topics in this group-to-group interaction include the construction of semiotic means in adult-infant interaction; cooperation and competition in children's peer-group relations; co-constructivist analysis of parental and teachers' roles in educational settings; life-course analysis; and children's development of literacy in sociocultural contexts. All of the institutions involved in this collaborative effort will benefit from an exchange of knowledge and methodologies and the establishment of an organized framework among Brazilian and U.S. developmental scientists. ***