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

[Mike Cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>]

Thanks for following up on this.
it took me to the Society web page which appears a little outdated, but
nevertheless interesting. There is definitely a science studies paper in
this kind of development. The genealogy of the people involved is, even at a
casual glance, fascinating.

see http://www.isls.org/about_creation.html

mike

Ps -- I am embarrased that I am unsure of how properly to address you
Sophus Ng. :-( . As you know, i generally follow the egregious southern
california custom of address members of this group by their first names, but
I am uncertain of what your own tradition is and how best to address you. I
greatly appreciate your contributions.

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Ng Foo Keong <lefouque@gmail.com> wrote:

> http://www.vanderbilt.edu/lsi/
> [apologies: the URL is a copy and paste some time ago, but they seemed
> to have moved
> the content elsewhere, and i can't seem to Google for the new web page.]
>
> ===============================================================
> What Are the Learning Sciences?
>
> Learning science is an emerging and evolving field growing out
> of cognitive science. The Journal of the Learning Sciences (with
> LSI investigator Rogers Hall as associate editor and LSI
> investigator Paul Cobb on the editorial board) began in 1991 and
> is the official publication of the International Society of the
> Learning Sciences. As one might expect with such a young field
> of study, there are disagreements as to the definition and
> character of the field. Inspection of recent issues of the
> Journal of the Learning Sciences finds attention given to
> situated learning (the interaction between individual learning
> and the learing and evolving field growing out of cognitive
> science. The Journal of the Learning Sciences finds attention
> given to situated learning (the interaction between individual
> learning and the learner's environment), investigations of
> learning transfer, the meaning and assessment of learning,
> technology-enabled learning, and instructional approaches.
>
> The LSI seeks to connect learning sciences research and
> development along the continuum from the applied to the very
> basic. The LSI's work focuses on the learning of disciplinary
> content including assessment, structure of disciplinary
> knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, learning in formal and
> informal educational settings, and equitable access to learning;
> learning of strategies for synthesizing solutions to open-ended
> or ambiguous problems such as those that occur in engineering
> design; the motivational, emotional, and social context of
> learning, including the roles of developmental, social/cultural,
> economic, political, historical, and environmental factors and
> indigenous knowledge systems; learning technologies, including
> intelligent tutoring systems, visualization tools,
> computer-supported collaborative environments, digital
> libraries, and real-time assessment tools; machine learning,
> learning algorithms, knowledge representations, robotics,
> adaptive systems, and computational simulations of cognitive
> systems; mathematical, statistical, and computational modeling;
> and the development of new tools and technologies to support the
> learning sciences.
>
> To help define the field of learning sciences, the LSI has
> produced a 16-minute documentary about learning sciences
> research. The film captures how people learn, how teaching can
> be more effective, how curriculum can support learning, and how
> policy can enable or obstruct the productivity of the
> learning/teaching environment.
> ===============================================================
>
> Sophus Ng
>
>
>
>
> 2009/9/16 Mike Cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>:
> > Ng--  The first newsletter of the institute you directed us to is dated
> 2004
> > but I am unclear how this helps us to answer Rahn's question.
> >
> > Odd that no one has pointed us to the opening statements that there is
> such
> > a thing as learning sciences. Wonder how they are related to
> developmental
> > sciences?
> > :-)
> > mike
>
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