Valérie Tartas

Valérie Tartas is a Professor of Developmental Psychology at Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès, affiliated with the CLLE Laboratory (Cognition, Languages, Ergonomics). Her research integrates sociocognitive and sociohistorical frameworks to analyze how children's knowledge development interacts with cultural tools and social contexts.

• Key research themes: cultural tools' role in cognitive development, time perception across ages, argumentation dynamics in classrooms, and inclusive educational technologies.
• Current projects: collaborative design of digital interfaces for visually impaired children, monograph field studies in rural Occitanie schools, and philosophical dialogue workshops for self-concept development.
• Recent publications focus on science education mediation (2024), aesthetic learning dialogues (2023), and tangible-to-interactive mapping transitions (2022).