Roger Säljö (born 2 April 1948) is a
Swedish
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educational psychologist
An educational psychologist is a psychologist whose differentiating functions may include diagnostic and psycho-educational assessment, psychological counseling in educational communities (students, teachers, parents, and academic authorities), ...
whose research presents a socio-cultural perspective on human
learning and
development. Säljö is a professor of education and educational psychology at
Göteborg University
The University of Gothenburg ( sv, Göteborgs universitet) is a university in Sweden's second largest city, Gothenburg. Founded in 1891, the university is the third-oldest of the current Swedish universities and with 37,000 students and 6000 s ...
and was president of the
European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction
The European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) was founded at Leuven University (Belgium) in 1985 to support research in the field of learning and instruction. The association's main activities include a Biennial, intern ...
(EARLI) between 2005 and 2007. Roger Säljö is the director of a national centre of excellence in research. In 2012, Roger Säljö co-founded the
academic journal
An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and ...
''Learning, Culture and Social Interaction''.
See also
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Ference Marton
Ference Marton (born Ferenc Istvan Marton 7 March 1939) is a Swedish educational psychologist who is best known for introducing the distinction between deep and surface approaches to learning, and developing phenomenography as a methodology for ed ...
References
External links
PublicationsEuropean Association for Research on Learning and Instruction
Educational psychologists
Academic staff of the University of Gothenburg
1948 births
Living people
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