Biographie de Pedro r. Portes
The Author : Pedro R. Portes is an educational psychologist, a Fulbright scholar and a certified counselor, as well as Professor and Chair of the Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology at the University of Louisville, Kentucky. Winner of the prestigious AERA 2005 Research Award in Human Development, he is the author of Making Kids Smarter (1998) and has published scores of research articles on human development, learning, home environment, and intellectual growth.
His interests center on linking primary prevention practices to human development within a cultural-context perspective, improving teacher and counselor education, and educational policy.