Re: [xmca] human learning theory text for grads in education/instructional technology - suggestions?

Thanks for the added discussion, Michael. The article you suggests seems
really interesting.
I'll check our library for it and compare notes with you later.

Would your students benefit from some genealogy with respect to cognitive
science and the
idea of cultural mediation? A draft of a paper tracing some of this history,
which I published a while
back in *Outlines* can be found at
http://lchc.ucsd.edu/People/MCole/santabar.html .

I would be especially interested in how widely spread the idea "the social
as the primary unit
of analysis" might be in the learning sciences. I do not think I have ever
encountered the idea
of the social as a unit of analysis before and would like to see how the
idea is deployed.

Now off to find The Journal of Management Inquiry!
mike

On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 6:12 AM, Michael A. Evans <mae@vt.edu> wrote:

> Mike,
>
> Thank you very much for the suggestions - having read the preface,
> introduction, and first chapter of the handbook, I do think there is at
> least a tangential relation to xmca, particularly with references to
> "tool-mediated interaction" and emphasis on the "social as the primary
> unit
> of analysis"...in fact, the introductory chapter relies on your cultural
> psychology text as a foundational piece...
>
> And yes, reciprocal teaching and design experiments are other examples
> where
> the two disciplines bump up against one another...one thing I have
> noticed,
> from my very brief encounter, is the strong grounding in cognitive science
> and AI - I believe this history is what, in some ways, concerns scholars
> from other disciplines who want the focus to be more social, more
> cultural...in that way, I don't see the two ever resonating completely or
> for an extended period...
>
> Nevertheless, I do appreciate your suggestion to consider a collection of
> well thought out as a superior choice - for some reason, my default is
> always to an already collected series as a starting point when
> restructuring
> a class...
>
> And, thanks for the article reference...if I can reciprocate, and I hope
> this is not a redundancy on the list, an article that I plan to being in
> that demonstrates the cultural aspect of technology design and use is
> this:
>
> Cook, S. D. N., Yanow, D., (1993) "Culture and Organizational Learning",
> Journal of Management Inquiry, Vol. 2, pp 373-390.
>
> In this article, Cook & Yanow provide a wonderful analysis of novice and
> master flute makers establishing norms and exchanging knowledge around the
> craft of flute making...
>
> Cheers,
> Michael~
> --
> ____________________________________
> michael a. evans
> assistant professor
> 306 war memorial hall (0313)
> department of learning sciences & technologies
> school of education
> virginia tech
> email: mae@vt.edu
> phone: +1 540.231.3743
> fax: +1 540.231.9075
>
>
>
> > From: Mike Cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>
> > Reply-To: <mcole@weber.ucsd.edu>, "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity"
> > <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> > Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:43:04 -0700
> > To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> > Subject: Re: [xmca] human learning theory text for grads in
> > education/instructional technology - suggestions?
> >
> > That is a fascinating question, Michael.
> > And a very hard one to answer.
> > *How people Learn" sort of ventured toward the borders of the standard
> > classoom
> > and was not obsessed with "technology" (By which they meant the
> historically
> > recent
> > technologies associated with comupters, digital media the internet). I
> have
> > only read some
> > chapters from preprints in the "learning sciences" handbook.
> >
> > The question that comes to mind in thinking about what to have students
> read
> > is : to what extent does the discussion on XMCA transgress the borders
> of
> > the learning science, when, and why? Reciprocal teaching. And? Design
> > experimentation? The centrality of cultural mediation and cultural
> > construction of teaching/learning?
> >
> > Some. But might a carefully selected set of articles perhaps be most
> > effective?
> >
> > This past week in a grad course involving ucla and ucberkeley schools of
> ed,
> > we discussed the article, available at lchc, or
> > "The sound of the violin." This, to me, is a very important article
> about
> > learning and technology. But does it count? Would it help?
> >
> > mike
> > (PS, google "sound of the violin" or Boesch at lchc and it should come
> > round)
> >
> > A whole book full of such articles to provide a super intro to the
> learning
> > science would be a really interesting undertaking.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Michael A. Evans <mae@vt.edu> wrote:
> >
> >> Dear All,
> >>
> >> I¹m in the process of restructuring a graduate-level introductory
> course
> >> in
> >> human learning theory and would appreciate your advice...I remember a
> >> while
> >> back a statement that the 2000 NRC report, ³How People Learn,² was de
> >> rigueur in most programs ­ nevertheless, I sensed that folks were
> >> searching
> >> for an alternative...
> >>
> >> Currently, I¹m considering the Cambridge Handbook of the Learning
> Sciences
> >> ­
> >> is there anyone on the list using this and could they share their
> >> experience, suggestions?
> >>
> >> For the past three years I¹ve been using Driscoll¹s Psychology of
> Learning
> >> for Instruction (to give you an idea of the type students I¹m working
> >> with),
> >> but am now in search of an alternative...for one thing, I think
> Driscoll¹s
> >> text might be too focused toward instructional technology; one of my
> goals
> >> for the restructuring is to attract students from other programs within
> >> education, while also interesting those in HCI and science and
> technology
> >> studies ­ perhaps, that¹s a bit too broad, but that¹s what I had in
> >> mind...
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance!
> >> Michael~
> >> --
> >> ____________________________________
> >> michael a. evans
> >> assistant professor
> >> 306 war memorial hall (0313)
> >> department of learning sciences & technologies
> >> school of education
> >> virginia tech
> >> email: mae@vt.edu
> >> phone: +1 540.231.3743
> >> fax: +1 540.231.9075
> >>
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