Anna Stetsenko
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Anna Stetsenko, born in the former Soviet Union
, is a developmental psychologist at the City University of New York
. She has developed theories about infants' concepts of thinking and speaking based on the research of Lev Semenovich Vygotsky and Jean Piaget
. Stetsenko has expanded Vygotskyan and Piagetian ideas of how children learn through memory and experience.
, and spent several years in research at the University of Moscow. She also conducted extensive research at the Institute of General and Education Psychology of the Russian Academy of Education. In Berlin
, she worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Max Planck Institute; she was an Invited Visiting Fellow at the Center of Cultural Studies in Vienna
, and Assistant Professor at the Department of Developmental Psychology, University of Bern, Switzerland
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. Stetsenko has published numerous book chapters, textbooks, and journal articles in German
, English
, and Russian
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Stetsenko is an associate professor at the City University of New York and former head of the Ph.D program in developmental psychology
at the university.
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
, is a developmental psychologist at the City University of New York
City University of New York
The City University of New York is the public university system of New York City, with its administrative offices in Yorkville in Manhattan. It is the largest urban university in the United States, consisting of 23 institutions: 11 senior colleges, six community colleges, the William E...
. She has developed theories about infants' concepts of thinking and speaking based on the research of Lev Semenovich Vygotsky and Jean Piaget
Jean Piaget
Jean Piaget was a French-speaking Swiss developmental psychologist and philosopher known for his epistemological studies with children. His theory of cognitive development and epistemological view are together called "genetic epistemology"....
. Stetsenko has expanded Vygotskyan and Piagetian ideas of how children learn through memory and experience.
Career
Stetsenko received her doctorate in general and developmental psychology from Moscow State UniversityMoscow State University
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, and spent several years in research at the University of Moscow. She also conducted extensive research at the Institute of General and Education Psychology of the Russian Academy of Education. In Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, she worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Max Planck Institute; she was an Invited Visiting Fellow at the Center of Cultural Studies in Vienna
Vienna
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, and Assistant Professor at the Department of Developmental Psychology, University of Bern, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
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Theories
Stetsenko has outlined a socio-cultural activity theory and its potential positive and negative outcomes within the human development and learning. She has carried out extensive empirical research on adolescents and social development, closely related to issues of gender, self-concept and motivation. Her works are closely connected with the social-cultural interaction and daily activities of adolescents and children. Stetsenko's writings have a strong emphasis on multicultural theories in developmental psychology. She has also conducted research on the works of Vygotsky, Leontiev and LuriaLuria
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. Stetsenko has published numerous book chapters, textbooks, and journal articles in German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, and Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
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Stetsenko is an associate professor at the City University of New York and former head of the Ph.D program in developmental psychology
Developmental psychology
Developmental psychology, also known as human development, is the scientific study of systematic psychological changes, emotional changes, and perception changes that occur in human beings over the course of their life span. Originally concerned with infants and children, the field has expanded to...
at the university.
Publications and editorial activities
- Stetsenko, A. & Arievitch, I. (in press). Expanding Vygotsky's perspective on teaching, learning, and development. Cambridge University Press.
- Stetsenko, A. (2005). The birth of consciousness: Early stages in the development of systems of meanings [Rozhdenie soznanija: rannie etapi v razvitii sistemi znachenij]. Moscow: CheRo Press.
- Stetsenko, A. (2004). Introduction to "Tool and sign" by Lev Vygotsky. In R. Rieber and D. Robbinson (Eds.), Essential Vygotsky (pp. 499–510). NY etc.: Kluwer Academic/ Plenum.
- Robbins, D., & Stetsenko, A. (2002) (Eds.). Vygotsky's psychology: Voices from the past and present. New York: Nova Science Press.
- Stetsenko, A. (2002). "Vygotsky's cultural-historical activity theory: Collaborative practice and knowledge construction process". In D. Robbins and A. Stetsenko (eds.), Vygotsky's psychology: Voices from the past and present. New York: Nova Science Press.
- Stetsenko, A. (2002). "Sociocultural activity as a unit of analysis: How Vygotsky and Piaget converge in empirical research on collaborative cognition". In D. Bearison and B. Dorval (commentary chapter), Collaborative cognition: Children negotiating ways of knowing (pp. 122–135). Westport, CT: Ablex.
- Stetsenko, A. (2002). "Adolescents in Russia: Trends and developments". In B. Bradford Brown & R. Larsson (Eds.), The world of adolescence: Changing paths to adulthood around the globe. New York etc.: Cambridge University Press. (Awarded the SRCD prize in 2002 as best book of the year)
- Stetsenko, A. (1999). "Social interaction, cultural tools, and the zone of proximal development: In search of a synthesis". In M. Hedegaard, S. Chaiklin, S. Boedker, & U. J. Jensen (Eds.), Activity theory and social practice. Proceedings of the ISCRAT 1998: Keynote speeches and panels (pp. 235–253). Aarhus: Aarhus University Press.
- Grob, A., Stetsenko, A., Sabatier, C., Botcheva, L., & Macek, P. (1999). "Across-national model of subjective well-being in adolescence". In F. D. Alsaker & A. Flammer (Eds.), The Adolescent Experience: European and American Adolescents in the 1990s (pp. 115–131). New York: Lawrence Erlbaum.
- Stetsenko, A. (1998). "Teorii tvorchestva: sotsiokulturnij podhod" [Theories of creativity: Views from a sociocultural perspective]. In D. B. Bogojavlenskaja (Ed.), Teorii tvorchestva [Theories of creativity] (pp. 315–328). Moscow: Molodaja Gvardija.
- Stetsenko, A., & Arievitch, I. (1996). "The zone of proximal development"". In J. Lompscher (Ed.), Entwicklung und lernen aus kulturhistorischer Sicht [Development and learning from a cultural-historical point of view] (pp. 81–93). Marburg: BdWi-Verlag.
- Stetsenko, A. (1995). "The psychological functions of children's drawingChild artChild art is the drawings, paintings and other artistic works created by children. It is also referred to as "children's art" or the "art of children"....
: A Vygotskian perspective". In G. Thomas and Ch. Lange-Küttner (Eds.), Drawing and Looking (pp. 147–158). New York etc.: Harvester Wheatsheaf. (Also in Italian: "La funzione psicologica del disegno infantile: una prospettiva Vygotskiana" (2000). In Bambini, Anno XVI, n. 4, pp. 19–31. Translation and foreword by Prof. Mariolina Bartolini-Bussi) - Stetsenko, A. (1991). "Naturalisticheskaja i sotsio-kulturnaja paradigmi v issledovanijah fenomena odarennosti" [Naturalistic and sociocultural research paradigms in the study of giftedness]. In A. Matjushkin (Ed.), Obshestvennije dvizhenija i sotsialnaja aktivnost molodezhi [Social trends and activities in modern youth and adolescence] (pp. 203–215). Moscow: Institute of Sociology Press.
- Stetsenko, A. (1990). "Printsip predmetnosti v teorii dejatelnosti" [The principle of object-relatedness in the theory of activity]. In V. V. Davydov & D. A. Leontjev (Eds.), Dejatelnostnij podhod v psihologii: Problemi i perspektivi [Activity approach in psychology: Problems and perspectives] (pp. 20–35). Moscow: USSR Academy of Pedagogical Sciences Press (also published in English translation in Journal of Russian and East European Psychology, 1995, 33, 54-69).
- Stetsenko, A. (1988). "O diahrinicheskom printsipe istoriko-psihologicheskogo analiza nauchnih kontsepsij" [Some principles in the historical analysis of psychological conceptions]. In A. Zhdan (Ed.), Izuchenije traditsij i nauchnih shkol v istorii sovetskoj psihologii [Scientific schools and traditions in the history of Soviet psychology] (pp. 46–51). Moscow: Moscow University Press.
- Stetsenko, A. (1986). Issledovatelskaja zadacha i struktura psihologicheskogo znanija [Research task and the structure of psychological knowledge]. In A. Barabanchikov (Ed.), Metodologija psihologicheskogo issledovanija [Methodology of Psychological Research] (pp. 10–23). Moscow: USSR Academy of Sciences Press.
- Arievitch I., & Stetsenko, A. (1988). "Dejatelnostnij podhod k probleme soznanija" [Activity-based approach to the analysis of consciousness]. In A. Prokhorov et al. (Eds.), Genezis, struktura i funktsii individualnogo soznanija [Development, structure and functions of individual consciousness] (pp. 3–7). Ivanovo: University Press.
- Stetsenko, A. (1981). "Vygotskij i problema znachenija" [L. S. Vygotsky and the concept of meaning]. In V. V. Davydov (Ed.), Nauchnoe tvorchestvo L. S. Vigotskogo i sovremennaja psihologija Scientific works of L. S. Vygotsky and modern psychologyPsychologyPsychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
(pp. 148–151). Moscow: USSR Academy of Pedagogical Sciences Press.