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33 - The Learning Sciences in the 2020s: Implications for Schools and Beyond

from Part VI - Moving Learning Sciences Research into the Classroom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

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R. Keith Sawyer
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R. Keith Sawyer
R. Keith Sawyer
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University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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This chapter reviews the implications of learning sciences (LS) research for schools, including assessment, curriculum, teaching practice, and systemic transformation. A central theme of this review is the role of technology in education – its history, its failings and successes, and how future technology designs can be grounded in LS. The chapter then describes some trends and opportunities in the field of LS research, including the integration of individual and sociocultural research approaches; the ways that LS research can contribute to equity and diversity in learning and in schools; and the sociology and history of LS as a discipline.

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computerstechnologyschool reformonline learningassessmentcurriculumteaching practiceequity and diversity
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The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences , pp. 658 - 686
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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