This page was created in response to requests at the mini-course sponsored by the CHAT Special Interest Group of AERA. It contains comments and links on the relationship of sociocultural theory, social semiotics, and in particular my own research to CHAT.
For a basic statement on CHAT (aka AT) in relation to the other theoretical frameworks I most often work within, see my Theories page for new researchers.
My own most recent work dealing with issues of development, identity, education and symbolic mediation can be found in:
"Across
the Scales of Time: Artifacts, Activities, and Meanings in Ecosocial Systems"
Mind, Culture, and Activity 7 (4): 273-290. 2000.
“Becoming the Village: Education
across Lives” In G. Wells and G. Claxton, Eds. Learning for Life in the 21st
Century: Sociocultural Perspectives on The Future of Education. London:
Blackwell. pp. 34-45. 2002.
“Language
development and identity: multiple timescales in the social ecology of
learning.” In C. Kramsch, Ed. Language Acquisition and Language Socialization.
London: Continuum. pp 68 – 87. 2002.
Reflections on our current use of the concept of IDENTITY can be found in my 2003 AERA paper.
Applications of my work to Science and Mathematics Education can be found from links here.
Shortcuts to my most recent papers on related issues are at Recent Additions, or visit my Online Office.