Vera John-Steiner

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Vera John-Steiner was a Hungarian-American psychologist and educator known for her influential work on creativity, collaboration, and the sociocultural foundations of learning.

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instanceOf author
educator
professor
psychologist
citizenship United States of America
contributedTo educational applications of sociocultural theory
theory of collaborative creativity
understanding of distributed creativity
countryOfResidence United States of America
educatedAt Barnard College NERFINISHED
University of Chicago
employer University of New Mexico NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Hungarian
fieldOfWork creativity research
education
learning sciences
psychology
sociocultural theory
gender female
hasAcademicDegree PhD in Psychology
hasInfluenced research on collaborative learning in education
scholarship on creativity in sociocultural contexts
influencedBy Lev Vygotsky NERFINISHED
knownFor applying Vygotskian theory to education
research on collaboration
research on creativity
research on sociocultural foundations of learning
languageOfWorkOrName English
Hungarian
mainInterest bilingualism and learning
collaborative learning
creative thinking
development of expertise
nationality Hungarian-American
notableWork Creative Collaboration NERFINISHED
Notebooks of the Mind: Explorations of Thinking NERFINISHED
Thought and Language (editorial and interpretive work on Vygotsky) NERFINISHED
occupation researcher
university professor
writer
placeOfBirth Hungary NERFINISHED
positionHeld Professor of Linguistics and Education at the University of New Mexico
researchFocus how social interaction supports individual creativity
long-term creative partnerships
role of cultural tools in learning
theoreticalApproach Vygotskian psychology
sociocultural theory of learning
workLocation Albuquerque, New Mexico NERFINISHED

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Reuben Hersh coAuthor Vera John-Steiner