Reflections on the Learning Sciences

doi:10.1017/CBO9781107707221

This volume offers a historical and critical analysis of the emerging field of the learning sciences, which takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding and improving how children and adults learn. It features a wide range of authors, including established scholars who founded and guided the learning sciences through the initial turbulence of forming a new line of academic inquiry, as well as newcomers who are continuing to shape the field. This diversity allows for a broad yet selective perspective on what the learning sciences are, why they came to be, and how contributors conduct their work. Reflections on the Learning Sciences serves both as a starting point for discussion among scholars familiar with the discipline and as an introduction for those interested in learning more. It will benefit graduate students and researchers in computer science, educational psychology, instructional technology, science, engineering, and mathematics.

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Frontmatter
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Contents
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List of Tables and Figures
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List of Contributors
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1 - Introduction
pp 1-16
- By Michael A. Evans, North Carolina State University, Martin J. Packer, University of the Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, R. Keith Sawyer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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PART 1 - PAST
pp 17-18
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2 - Why Learning Sciences?
pp 19-31
- By Roger C. Schank, Northwestern University
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3 - The Prehistory of the Learning Sciences
pp 32-58
- By Roy D. Pea, Stanford University
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4 - Some Early Contributions to the Situative Perspective on Learning and Cognition
pp 59-75
- By James G. Greeno, University of California at Berkeley, Timothy J. Nokes-Malach, University of Pittsburgh
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5 - The Group as Paradigmatic Unit of Analysis: The Contested Relationship of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning to the Learning Sciences
pp 76-102
- By Gerry Stahl, Drexel University
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PART 2 - PRESENT
pp 103-104
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6 - Reconstructing the Influences on and Focus of the Learning Sciences from the Field's Published Conference Proceedings
pp 105-125
- By Victor R. Lee, Utah State University, Min Yuan, Utah State University, Lei Ye, Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences, Mimi Recker, Utah State University
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7 - Mapping the Territory of the Learning Sciences
pp 126-154
- By Martin J. Packer, University of the Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, Cody Maddox, Duquesne University
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8 - Researcher–Practitioner Collaboration in Educational Design Research: Processes, Roles, Values, and Expectations
pp 155-188
- By Susan McKenney, University of Twente in the Netherlands
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PART 3 - FUTURE
pp 189-190
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9 - Growing the Learning Sciences: Brand or Big Tent? Implications for Graduate Education
pp 191-209
- By Mitchell J. Nathan, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Nikol Rummel, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Kenneth E. Hay, University of Georgia
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10 - Education Policy and the Learning Sciences: The Case for a New Alliance
pp 210-233
- By Mary Kay Stein, University of Pittsburgh, Kevin Crowley, University of Pittsburgh, Lauren Resnick, University of Pittsburgh
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11 - Learning and Development as Transaction: Offering a Deweyan Perspective to Extend the Landscape of the Learning Sciences
pp 234-258
- By Michael A. Evans, North Carolina State University, Sandra B. Schneider, Radford University's School of Teacher Education & Leadership
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12 - A Foucauldian Analysis of the Learning Sciences: Past, Present, and Future
pp 259-280
- By R. Keith Sawyer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Name Index
pp 281-288
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Subject Index
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

List of Tables and Figures
pp ix-x

List of Contributors
pp xi-xiv

1 - Introduction
pp 1-16

PART 1 - PAST
pp 17-18

2 - Why Learning Sciences?
pp 19-31

3 - The Prehistory of the Learning Sciences
pp 32-58

4 - Some Early Contributions to the Situative Perspective on Learning and Cognition
pp 59-75

5 - The Group as Paradigmatic Unit of Analysis: The Contested Relationship of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning to the Learning Sciences
pp 76-102

PART 2 - PRESENT
pp 103-104

6 - Reconstructing the Influences on and Focus of the Learning Sciences from the Field's Published Conference Proceedings
pp 105-125

7 - Mapping the Territory of the Learning Sciences
pp 126-154

8 - Researcher–Practitioner Collaboration in Educational Design Research: Processes, Roles, Values, and Expectations
pp 155-188

PART 3 - FUTURE
pp 189-190

9 - Growing the Learning Sciences: Brand or Big Tent? Implications for Graduate Education
pp 191-209

10 - Education Policy and the Learning Sciences: The Case for a New Alliance
pp 210-233

11 - Learning and Development as Transaction: Offering a Deweyan Perspective to Extend the Landscape of the Learning Sciences
pp 234-258

12 - A Foucauldian Analysis of the Learning Sciences: Past, Present, and Future
pp 259-280

Name Index
pp 281-288

Subject Index
pp 289-297

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