Professor of Psychology, University of Zambia
Selected Publications
Theory
- Interface between Sociocultural and Psychological Aspects of Cognition (1993)
- Serpell, R. & Boykin, A.W. (1994) Cultural dimensions of cognition: a multiplex, dynamic system of constraints and possibilities. In R.J. Sternberg (Ed.) Handbook of Perception and Cognition, Vol.12: Thinking and Problem-solving (pp. 369-408). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
- Serpell, R. (1995). Situated theory as a bridge between experimental research and political analysis. In L.Martin, K.Nelson, & E.Tobach (Eds.) Cultural psychology and activity theory: essays in honor of Sylvia Scribner (pp. 21-42). New York: Cambridge University Press
- Serpell, R. (1999). Theoretical conceptions of human development. In L.Eldering & P.Leseman (Eds) Effective early intervention: cross-cultural perspectives(pp. 41-66). New York: Falmer.
- Serpell, R. (2002). The embeddedness of human development within sociocultural context: pedagogical, and political implications. Social Development, 11 (2), 290 – 295.
- Serpell, R. (2005). Optimizing the developmental consequences of education: reflections on issues raised by Michael Cole. Human Development, 48:217-222.
Methods
- Participatory Appropriation and the Cultivation of Nurturance: A Case Study of African Primary Health Science Curriculum Development (2008)
- Audience, Culture and Psychological Explanation: A Reformulation of the Emic-Etic Problem in Cross-Cultural Psychology (1990)
- Serpell, R. & Akkari, A. (2001). Qualitative approaches to cultural psychology: a point of entry for egalitarian cross-cultural communication among researchers. In M. Lahlou & G. Vinsonneau (Eds), La psychologie au regard des contacts de cultures (pp. 65 – 85). Limonest, France: l’Interdisciplinaire.
(Proceedings of Congres de psychologie interculturelle. Lyon, France: March 1999) - Serpell, R. (2006). Negotiating the middle ground between the ostensible and shared horizons: a dynamic approach to cross-cultural communication about human development. In J.Straub, D. Weidemann, C. Kölbl, & B. Zielke (eds.) Pursuit of Meaning: Advances in Cultural and Cross-Cultural Psychology (pp. 393-433). Berlin: Verlag.
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