Re: [xmca] Fwd: FW: The New Science of Learning

[Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net>]

I think there must be a "social gene" which helps children 
learn when they interact with other people. Better give a 
billion dollar grant to some Institute for Brain Science to 
investigate this.

a

Mike Cole wrote:
> A colleague forward this notice to me with the query, is this really new?
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> *From: *National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@nsf.gov>
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> *Date: *September 11, 2009 4:55:13 AM PDT
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> *To: *altintas@sdsc.edu
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> *Subject: **The New Science of Learning*
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> *Reply-To: *National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@nsf.gov>
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> The New Science of
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> [image: Photo of Andrew Meltzoff]According to recent studies, young children
> learn best through social interaction. Andrew Meltzoff and his colleagues at
> the University of Washington are studying an emerging field called the
> "Science of Learning," which re-evaluates how children learn in formal and
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> "We're finding that social aspects of learning are very important at all
> ages," said Meltzoff, who explained that this is especially the case for
> young children who learn "most ...
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