Child Development and Everyday Action

Interdisciplinary Research between Cultural-Historical Anthropology and Cultural-Historical Psychology

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Seth Chaiklin

seth[ at ]dpu.dk
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Department of Pedagogical Psychology, Danish University of Education
Department of Social and Cultural Studies, Stockholm Institute of Education

Seth Chaiklin has been trained as psychologist and has done research on mathematical problem-solving, subject-matter learning in natural science, history, and physics, and also some work with cultural minorities and development of societal relations. His current research interests are theoretical conceptions for describing and analysing practice, and strategies for the development of professional practice. Since 2002 Chaiklin is president of the International Society for Cultural and Activity Research.

Selected Publications

Chaiklin, S. (under review). Practice-developing research: An introduction to a future science.

Chaiklin, S. (2006). Reflections on the future development of developmental teaching research. In H. Giest (Ed.), Erinnerung für die Zukunft - Pädagogische Psychologie in der DDR (pp. 67-81). Berlin: Lehmanns Media.

Hedegaard, M., & Chaiklin, S. (2005). Radical-local teaching and learning. Aarhus, Denmark: Aarhus University Press.

Chaiklin, S. (ed.) (2001). The Theory and Practice of Cultural-historical Psychology. Aarhus University, Denmark: Aarhus University Press.

Chaiklin, S., Hedegaard, M., Jensen, U.J. (eds.) (1999). Activity Theory and Social Practice: Cultural-historical Approaches. Aarhus, Denmark: Aarhus University Press.

Chaiklin, S. & Lave, J. (eds.) (1993). Understanding Practice: Perspectives on Activity and Context. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.