Culture and human development

Pre-requisites:

Course objectives: - Knowledge and understanding of the ways in which socio-cultural context shapes human development - Knowledge and understanding of contemporary theory and research - To improve the skills of critical analysis of contemporary theories and research of the impact of socio-cultural context

Course description: In the course, students will critically analyze current knowledge and research about the roles that socio-cultural environment has in the development of the individual, and biological limits within which socio-cultural environment and the activity of an individual shapes the development. Critical analysis is focused on the developmental domains and the phenomena of student choice.

Learning Outcomes: - Knowledge and understanding of the ways in which socio-cultural context shapes human development - Knowledge and understanding of contemporary theory and research - skills of critical analysis of contemporary theories and research on the impact of socio-cultural context

Literature/Reading:

• Vigotski, L. (1983). Mišljenje i govor. Beograd: Nolit (predgovor, 1,4,5,6 i 7)
• Werstch, J. (1993). Voices of the mind. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press (poglavlje 2)
• Wertsch, J. W. (2007). Mediation. In H. Daniels, M. Cole, J. W. Wertsch (Eds)., The Cambridge Companion to Vygotsky. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Engestrom, Y. (2001). Expansive Learning at Work: toward an activity theoretical reconceptualization. Journal of Education and Work, 14(1), pp. 133-156
• Cole, M. (1996). Cultural Psychology: A once and future discipline. Cambridge: Harvard University Press
• Gergen, K., & Gergen, M. (2006). Socijalna konstrukcija: Ulazak u dijalog. Beograd: Zepter book. (prevod sa engleskog jezika)
• Ber, V. (2001). Socijalni konstrukcionizam. Beograd: Zepter book. (prevod knjige na engleskom jeziku)
• Dokins, Ričard (2008). Sebični gen. Smederevo: Helix. Poglavlja 1, 2, 11 i 12 (prevod sa engleskog jezika)
• Valsiner, J. (1997). Čovekov razvoj i kultura. Beograd: Zavod za izdavanje udžbenika i nastavna sredstva. (prevod sa engleskog jezika)
• Baucal, A. (2013). Two instead of one ZPD: Individual and joint construction in the ZPD. In S. Phillipson, K. Ku, & S. Phillipson (Eds.), Constructing educational achievement: A sociocultural perspect
• Baucal, A., Arcidiacono, F. & Budjevac, N. (Eds.), Studying interaction in different contexts: A qualitative view. Institute of Psychology, Belgrade.