 | Janet Astington phone: (416) 934-4555 email: janet.astington@utoronto.ca Departments: Applied Psychology and Human Development Centre for Applied Cognitive Science Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study | |
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Research Overview Dr. Astington’s research interest is in children’s developing understanding of the social world. This includes their understanding of people’s mental world (i.e., beliefs, desires, emotions, intentions) as well as their understanding of social roles and rules (i.e., obligations, permissions, and prohibitions). Her approach is sociocultural, with a particular focus on the role of language in the development of social cognition. Dr. Astington’s applied interests include the application of theory-of-mind research to interventions and activities in Kindergarten and Elementary classrooms. She is also interested in how children's development is influenced by their linguistic environment (i.e., caregiver and teacher talk, books, etc.). Teaching Overview Dr. Astington teaches in the Institute of Child Study's MA Program in Child Study and Education. She also teaches a doctoral course on children's theory of mind. Representative Publications Astington, J. W. & Hughes, C. (in press). Theory of mind: Self-reflection and social understanding. In P. D. Zelazo (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Developmental Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press. Filippova, E. & Astington, J. W. (2010). Children’s understanding of social-cognitive and social-communicative aspects of discourse irony. Child Development, 81, 915-930. Filippova, E. & Astington, J.W. (2008). Further development in social reasoning revealed in discourse irony understanding. Child Development, 79, 126-138.
Milligan, K., Astington, J.W. & Dack, Astington, J. W., & Baird, J. A. (Eds.). (2005).Why language matters for theory of mind. New York: Oxford University Press. Research Grants and ContractsDr. Astington has held research grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada continuously from 1988 to the present. Her research has also been funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and by the Spencer Foundation. Honours and Awards •The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International Educator’s Award for The Child’s Discovery of the Mind (in 1994); •The American Educational Research Association’s Raymond B. Cattell Early Career Award for Programmatic Research (in 1995); •A University of Toronto Connaught Research Fellowship (in 2002). Other Information For information on Dr Astington's research activities see http://fcis.oise.utoronto.ca/~jwastington |
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