Papers by Cintia Rodriguez
Chucherías. La mirada dulce
UAM Ediciones, Jun 13, 2016
Compendio de una "exhibicion de dulces", presentada en Ginebra y en Madrid, por profeso... more Compendio de una "exhibicion de dulces", presentada en Ginebra y en Madrid, por profesores, artistas y poetas de un centro educativo, buscando reivindicar el protagonismo de las chucherias y de las diferentes miradas que provocan su contemplacion.
Conceptual Commitments of Constructivism in an Age when Truth Matters
Human Development, 2022
The purpose of this special issue is to critically examine the constructivist moorings of contemp... more The purpose of this special issue is to critically examine the constructivist moorings of contemporary developmental theory and practice, including the practice of research methods. This introduction to the special issue is intended to foreshadow the papers presented here by charting the terrain of several conceptual commitments that we consider paradigmatic cornerstones to constructivist approaches. Although constructivism has deep roots across disciplines in the sciences and humanities, generating a wealth of scholarship focused on its various assumptions and theoretical principles, here we target three: the active subject, normativity, and historicity. These principles are theoretically axiomatic of constructivist approaches, strongly interconnected, and highly relevant to some of the most pressing debates and challenges affecting contemporary science and society, not the least because they question fundamental notions that we often take for granted – notions as vital as the meanings of truth, fact, and objectivity. After presenting a primer on the meaning and significance of these three principles, we review their status as critical signposts for the work of scholars contributing to this special issue.
The Construction of Executive Function in Early Development: The Pragmatics of Action and Gestures
Human Development, 2022
The position I take in this paper is that investigation of the construction and development of ex... more The position I take in this paper is that investigation of the construction and development of executive function (EF) and cognitive self-regulation must give children the opportunity to behave with initiative, as the agents they are. It must be based on children’s goal-directed behaviours and the challenges they face to achieve their own goals from the last third of the first year of life. It must consider children’s interests, the ecological validity of the situations, and the social context. Investigation into the origin and early development of cognitive self-regulation must be firmly anchored within a developmental framework. I will suggest that such a developmental framework is provided by the functional turn developed in the School of Geneva in the 1970s and its influence on the Pragmatics of the Object perspective. According to this pragmatic approach, actions and (private) gestures are central in the emergence and construction of EF.
Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science, Jun 24, 2014
Alex Gillespie and Flora Cornish draw on the dialogic turn as they consider that, in order to int... more Alex Gillespie and Flora Cornish draw on the dialogic turn as they consider that, in order to interpret the meaning of an utterance, it is necessary to emphasize its contextual nature. Among other aspects, they address what context is and what is being done while speaking. Taking these two issues as point of departure, it is worth pondering on (1) what revolves around language and what the status of nonlinguistic semiotic systems is for the philosophers of language, (2) Umberto Eco's critique of the Philosophy of Language, which has not problematized the pre-linguistic relationship with things, and (3) how ontogenesis may shed light on this scheme where linguistic and nonlinguistic aspects are inevitably interrelated. I will reflect on the pragmatic aspects in adult-child communication at its pre-linguistic level. I will underscore the key role played by the object as a complex referent and as a tool for communication. Keywords Linguistic/Dialogic turn . Nonlinguistic semiotic systems . Object as tool of communication . The naturalized object In Sensitizing questions: A method to facilitate analyzing the meaning of an utterance, Alex Gillespie and Flora Cornish address the "dialogic turn" in line with the "linguistic turn," which I will analyze below. Although they draw heavily upon Bakhtin, they also refer to Wittgenstein, Mead and contemporary scholars like Valsiner, Wertsch and Markova, among others. According to Gillespie and Cornish, thanks to the dialogic turn, "a sophisticated understanding of human dialogue as contextual, temporal and relational" (p. 1) is developed, thanks to which the analysis unit is not the sign but the text . In this way, the "meaning is not found within an utterance, in either its logical structure or the dictionary definition of its component words, rather it is found in the relation between the utterance and what is going on" (italics in the original, p. 2). In order to interpret the meaning of a given utterance, those researchers who are
The ‘circumstances’ of gestures: Proto-interrogatives and private gestures
New Ideas in Psychology, Aug 1, 2009
The later Wittgenstein's emphasis on the social usage of language has been very influential ... more The later Wittgenstein's emphasis on the social usage of language has been very influential in psychology, particularly in language acquisition research. This move toward a pragmatic position should also be applied to gestures in pre-linguistic children and to objects in the everyday contexts of use. The shared ‘forms of life’ presupposed by language involve pre-linguistic gestures and material ‘things’.Research on early communication has focused on proto-declarative and proto-imperative gestures. I extend this focus and propose further types of gestures: ‘proto-interrogatives’ – in which children “ask” for help or regulation from adults, and three types of ‘private gestures’ – ostensive, indexical and symbolic – in which children regulate their own behaviour. This diversity of gestures becomes apparent when objects are taken seriously. Wittgenstein's ‘language-games’ necessarily apply to games with objects and gestures as well: social meaning in all cases is emergent within the context of these ‘sign games’ and ‘circumstances.’
Journal for the Study of Education and Development, 2020
The genesis of the communication continuum in autism constitutes a key element for understanding ... more The genesis of the communication continuum in autism constitutes a key element for understanding its development. Current prospective and longitudinal research studies face this challenge. However, it is suggested that in the construction of shared reference the path of child–object interactions must be analysed from a semiotic and dimensional perspective as of the first months of life. This article presents the axes of a study, currently under way, with siblings of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, from the Pragmatics of Object, and their associations with Ángel Rivière’s proposals.
European journal of psychology of education, Apr 22, 2024
From this new year 2024, the European Journal of Psychology of Education (EJPE) will be publishin... more From this new year 2024, the European Journal of Psychology of Education (EJPE) will be publishing a new format that we call "Special Section", designed to encourage collaboration between teams of researchers working on the same research object or topic in the field of psychology of education. As we mentioned previously (Tartas, 2023), three keywords are at the core of EJPE: diversity, collaboration, and development. We would like to illustrate how this new format may support and enrich these three dimensions. Let us first define the new format.
Girona) los días 21, 22 y 23 de abril de 2014. El título de las jornadas fue "Personas y sociedad... more Girona) los días 21, 22 y 23 de abril de 2014. El título de las jornadas fue "Personas y sociedades conectadas: nuevos desafíos, nuevos aportes" y en ellas tomaron cita gran parte de los grupos de investigación que trabajan desde una perspectiva sociocultural en España. Siguiendo los temas centrales de las jornadas, el monográfico se organiza a través de seis focos temáticos, a saber: 1) aprendizaje, identidad y entornos digitales, 2) infancia, desarrollo y cultura, 3) familia, escuela y comunidad, 4) formación del profesorado y educación escolar, 5) multialfabetización y prácticas educativas emergentes, y 6) cuestiones y debates en psicología cultural.
Early Child Development and Care, Jul 25, 2016
The role of language as a tool to support the self-regulation has been widely studied, yet there ... more The role of language as a tool to support the self-regulation has been widely studied, yet there is little evidence on the role of prelinguistic communication in the early development of self-regulation. To address this gap we developed behavioural indicators of preverbal cognitive self-regulation, and described how can parents support it through guided play. We observed 16 children at 14, 16 and 18 months interacting with two complex toys, either independently or with a parent. A microanalytic coding captured a total of 721 gestures, of which 473 were classed as self-regulatory. Children used gestures to support self-regulation in planning monitoring, control, and evaluation. Analysis of parental mediation revealed a relationship between supporting autonomy, providing challenge, responsiveness, effective communication, children's competence with objects, and self-regulatory gestures. We produced reliable indicators of self-regulation through gestures and characterised effective parental mediation, thus making explicit key social mechanisms to foster self-regulation in preverbal development.
The Functional Permanence of the Object: A Product of Consensus
Routledge eBooks, Jul 28, 2017
Developing communication through objects: Ostensive gestures as the first gestures in children's development
Developmental Review
The impact of music therapy in late-moderate premature infants, on their parents and their environment, in a Spanish neonatal intermediate care unit
Music and Medicine, 2021
The aim of this study is to determine whether a live music therapy session during parent holding ... more The aim of this study is to determine whether a live music therapy session during parent holding had an effect on physiological and comfort outcomes of late-moderate preterm infants, on their parents, and on the ward environment. This is a quasi-experimental study of a cohort of 44 preterm / adult pairs exposed to a music therapy session in the first two weeks after birth. There were 3 moments of observation (before, during, and after the intervention), at which heart rate (HR), oxygen saturation (O2-sat), the infant’s behavioral-emotional activation level, and the environmental response were measured. A statistically significant increase was observed in O2-sat (p<.001) after the intervention, as well as a decrease in HR (p<.001). Personal and environmental stress was observed to decrease (p<.001). A music therapy session in the Neonatal Unit at the time of interaction between parents and premature infants was found to be useful in reducing stress and promoted a positive in...
Journal of Child Language, 2019
Within developmental psychology, pointing gestures have received a great deal of attention, while... more Within developmental psychology, pointing gestures have received a great deal of attention, while ostensive gestures have been overlooked in terms of their emergence and intentionality. In a longitudinal and micro-genetic study with six children at 9, 11, and 13 months of age, we codified gesture production of children within second-by-second data frames. We identified 480 instances of gestures and categorised whether they were of ostensive, ostensive–indexical, or indexical nature. We specified the communicative function of each gesture by analysing the object involved and their circumstances of production. Data analysis include frequencies, binomial tests, proportion comparisons, and repeated measures ANOVA. We identified a phatic function in other-directed gestures, as well as exploratory and private functions in self-directed gestures. This has important implications for child development since ostensive gestures are easier to produce and to understand than pointing. The conside...
The development of the first symbolic uses in Mexican children from the pragmatics of object / Desarrollo de los primeros usos simbólicos en niños mexicanos desde la pragmática del objeto
Estudios de Psicología, 2016
Abstract This paper longitudinally studies the emergence and evolution of the first symbolic uses... more Abstract This paper longitudinally studies the emergence and evolution of the first symbolic uses of objects in Mexican children. We observed eight children in triadic interaction with one of their parents and 10 objects in a semi-structured situation at nine, 12, 15 and 18 months old. The children began to use objects symbolically at 12 months, and the duration and frequency increased with age. The highest percentage of the total frequency of symbolic uses, of the four levels identified, was level 1. The frequency of level 4, where two or more symbolic actions occur one after the other, giving rise to ‘symbolic narratives’, increased according to age. These data confirm that knowledge of the rules of canonical uses of objects are the meanings which first symbols base themselves on and that children use the symbolic uses that they are aware of to create ‘symbolic narratives’.
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Proyecto académico sin fines de lucro, desarrollado bajo la iniciativa de acceso abierto WANDA C.... more Proyecto académico sin fines de lucro, desarrollado bajo la iniciativa de acceso abierto WANDA C. RODRÍGUEZ A.
European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2020
The psychological literature on the development of gestures during the first year of life has bee... more The psychological literature on the development of gestures during the first year of life has been limited. It has mainly focused on the development of pointing at around 11 months of age, considering it the gesture that allows triadic interactions. However, recent studies have argued for the importance of earlier ostensive gestures (showing and giving), not only as precursors of pointing, but also as important gestures for early cognitive and communicative development. These studies have also emphasized the mediating role of materiality and of others (adults and peers) in communicative acts, especially in pre-verbal interactions. This paper reports a longitudinal study of first-year infants in an Infant School classroom in Madrid. Through a microgenetic analysis both infants' gestures and teachers' educational actions related to gesture development were investigated. The results highlight (1) the central role of the teacher in the birth and configuration of infants' gestural repertoire; and (2) materiality as a configurative aspect of communicative interactions during this period as infants communicate not only about objects but through them. Among the types of gestures observed, self-directed gestures predominated, especially ostensive gestures, these being related to early self-regulation processes. Gesture development could be understood as a process of progressive distancing of the infant from or between the material world and himself/ herself. In this process, the teacher can encourage, redirect, and structure the infant's productions through adjustment of their educational activity.
Human Development, 2022
The position I take in this paper is that investigation of the construction and development of ex... more The position I take in this paper is that investigation of the construction and development of executive function (EF) and cognitive self-regulation must give children the opportunity to behave with initiative, as the agents they are. It must be based on children's goal-directed behaviours and the challenges they face to achieve their own goals from the last third of the first year of life. It must consider children's interests, the ecological validity of the situations, and the social context. Investigation into the origin and early development of cognitive self-regulation must be firmly anchored within a developmental framework. I will suggest that such a developmental framework is provided by the functional turn developed in the School of Geneva in the 1970s and its influence on the Pragmatics of the Object perspective. According to this pragmatic approach, actions and (private) gestures are central in the emergence and construction of EF.
Children’s first manifestations of cognitive control in the early years school: the importance of the educational situation and materiality
Executive functions (EFs) embrace a range of cognitive control processes that allow us to control... more Executive functions (EFs) embrace a range of cognitive control processes that allow us to control and direct our own behavior, thoughts, and emotions and to develop complex responses to difficulties. Standardized tasks commonly used to investigate EFs are reviewed. Here, a study is reported of the first challenges that children set for themselves in everyday life situations from the end of the first year in the 0–1 classroom of various early years schools. The influence of educational situations, based on the possibilities of action that the teachers offered the children, and the materiality made available were analyzed. It was found that the children faced challenges from the end of the first year of life. These challenges involved the everyday uses of objects and instruments, uses which were difficult and significative for them: (i) rhythmic-sonorous canonical uses, (ii) canonical uses, and (iii) symbolic uses. These challenges were identified in structured and semi-structured edu...
Uses of Semiotics Objects and Mediation in Early Triadic Interactions in Siblings of People diagnosed with ASD in Santa Fe, Argentina
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