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Barbara Graves is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa. Her research focuses on sociocultural theory and embodied cognition, exploring how these frameworks interact with mathematics teaching and learning, particularly in relation to children's mathematical reasoning and language education. She examines the complexities of cognitive processes in relation to culture and action, emphasizing the role of the socio-cultural context in shaping learning experiences. Graves challenges traditional perspectives on the mind by integrating complexity science and theories of embodied cognition, and she advocates for a dynamic understanding of interactions among teachers and learners as adaptive co-emergent learning systems. Her work is oriented towards fostering educational environments that support diverse learning needs and promote equity and inclusion in educational practice.
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