Michael Scaife (24 March 1948 – 18 December 2001) was a British biologist, psychologist, and reader at the University of Sussex, known for his early work in developmental psychology[1][2] and his later interdisciplinary study in cognitive and computing sciences.[3][4]
Scaife started his academic career as research assistant at the ethology group of the University of Oxford, where he cooperated with Mike Cullen, Nikolaas Tinbergen and Richard Dawkins. Later in the 1970s at University of Oxford he participated in the education and cognition research group of Jerome Bruner, with whom he published the article "The capacity for joint visual attention in the infant" in Nature in 1975. According to Bruner and Clark their cooperation helped "revolutionise the study of the infant mind. The target was to unravel what was involved in a child's learning to master a culture and the technology it generates. Mike knew that this problem was all about interactions. He saw that spectators could never get to the gist of things. It was through interacting that you learned how to do things - and also what needed doing."[3]
Later in the 1980s he moved to the University of Sussex, where he became senior lecturer in 1999, and reader in 2001. In 1987 at Sussex University he had co-founded the school of cognitive and computing sciences. Also with his partner Yvonne Rogers he founded the Interact Lab to study representation in problem solving.[3]
Selected publicationsedit
Booksedit
Butterworth, George, Julie Rutkowska, and Michael Scaife. Evolution and developmental psychology. Vol. 4. Harvester, 1985.
Articlesedit
Scaife, Michael, and Jerome S. Bruner. "The capacity for joint visual attention in the infant." Nature (1975).
Scaife, Mike, and Yvonne Rogers. "External cognition: how do graphical representations work?." International journal of human-computer studies 45.2 (1996): 185–213.
Scaife, M., Rogers, Y., Aldrich, F., & Davies, M. (1997, March). "Designing for or designing with? Informant design for interactive learning environments." In Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human factors in computing systems (pp. 343–350). ACM.
Navarro-Prieto, Raquel, Mike Scaife, and Yvonne Rogers. "Cognitive strategies in web searching." Proceedings of the 5th Conference on Human Factors & the Web. 1999.
Cheng, Peter C-H., Ric K. Lowe, and Mike Scaife. "Cognitive science approaches to understanding diagrammatic representations." Artificial Intelligence Review 15.1-2 (2001): 79–94.
Referencesedit
^Stern, Daniel N. The Interpersonal World Of The Infant A View From Psychoanalysis And Developmental Psychology: A View from Psychoanalysis and Developmental Psychology. Basic books, 2000.
^Rogoff, Barbara. Apprenticeship in thinking: Cognitive development in social context. Oxford University Press, 1990.
^ abcdJerome Bruner and Andy Clark. "Obituary: Michael Scaife," in: The Guardian, 8 February 2002. Accessed 13-04-2015.
^Clark, Andy. Supersizing the mind: Embodiment, action, and cognitive extension: Embodiment, action, and cognitive extension. Oxford University Press, 2008.
External linksedit
Obituary: Michael Scaife, The Guardian
December 15, 2023
michael, scaife, march, 1948, december, 2001, british, biologist, psychologist, reader, university, sussex, known, early, work, developmental, psychology, later, interdisciplinary, study, cognitive, computing, sciences, born, 1948, march, 1948lincolnshirediedd. Michael Scaife 24 March 1948 18 December 2001 was a British biologist psychologist and reader at the University of Sussex known for his early work in developmental psychology 1 2 and his later interdisciplinary study in cognitive and computing sciences 3 4 Michael ScaifeBorn 1948 03 24 March 24 1948LincolnshireDiedDecember 18 2001 2001 12 18 aged 53 SpouseYvonne RogersAcademic backgroundAlma materUniversity of Liverpool University of OxfordAcademic workDisciplinePsychologySub disciplineDevelopmental PsychologyInstitutionsUniversity of Sussex Contents 1 Biography 2 Selected publications 2 1 Books 2 2 Articles 3 References 4 External linksBiography editBorn in Lincolnshire and raised in Coventry Scaife attended the King Henry VIII grammar school on a scholarship and obtained his MA in biology at University of Liverpool and his PhD in psychology at University of Oxford 3 Scaife started his academic career as research assistant at the ethology group of the University of Oxford where he cooperated with Mike Cullen Nikolaas Tinbergen and Richard Dawkins Later in the 1970s at University of Oxford he participated in the education and cognition research group of Jerome Bruner with whom he published the article The capacity for joint visual attention in the infant in Nature in 1975 According to Bruner and Clark their cooperation helped revolutionise the study of the infant mind The target was to unravel what was involved in a child s learning to master a culture and the technology it generates Mike knew that this problem was all about interactions He saw that spectators could never get to the gist of things It was through interacting that you learned how to do things and also what needed doing 3 Later in the 1980s he moved to the University of Sussex where he became senior lecturer in 1999 and reader in 2001 In 1987 at Sussex University he had co founded the school of cognitive and computing sciences Also with his partner Yvonne Rogers he founded the Interact Lab to study representation in problem solving 3 Selected publications editBooks edit Butterworth George Julie Rutkowska and Michael Scaife Evolution and developmental psychology Vol 4 Harvester 1985 Articles edit Scaife Michael and Jerome S Bruner The capacity for joint visual attention in the infant Nature 1975 Scaife Mike and Yvonne Rogers External cognition how do graphical representations work International journal of human computer studies 45 2 1996 185 213 Scaife M Rogers Y Aldrich F amp Davies M 1997 March Designing for or designing with Informant design for interactive learning environments In Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human factors in computing systems pp 343 350 ACM Navarro Prieto Raquel Mike Scaife and Yvonne Rogers Cognitive strategies in web searching Proceedings of the 5th Conference on Human Factors amp the Web 1999 Cheng Peter C H Ric K Lowe and Mike Scaife Cognitive science approaches to understanding diagrammatic representations Artificial Intelligence Review 15 1 2 2001 79 94 References edit Stern Daniel N The Interpersonal World Of The Infant A View From Psychoanalysis And Developmental Psychology A View from Psychoanalysis and Developmental Psychology Basic books 2000 Rogoff Barbara Apprenticeship in thinking Cognitive development in social context Oxford University Press 1990 a b c d Jerome Bruner and Andy Clark Obituary Michael Scaife in The Guardian 8 February 2002 Accessed 13 04 2015 Clark Andy Supersizing the mind Embodiment action and cognitive extension Embodiment action and cognitive extension Oxford University Press 2008 External links editObituary Michael Scaife The Guardian Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Michael Scaife amp oldid 1157307625, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
