GRT/The Learning Sciences Ph.D. Program: Building a Scientific Infrastructure for Applications of Advanced Technologies for Teaching and Learning

GRT/学习科学博士

• 批准号: 9454155
• 负责人: Brian Reiser
• 金额: $ 56.25万
• 依托单位: Northwestern University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-09-15 至 2000-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9454155&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: GRT; Learning; Sciences; Ph.D.; Program

New insights from cognitive scientific studies of learning and significant advances in the nature of computer technology make the Learning Sciences a critical area of study for innovations in teaching and learning based on sound theory and evidence. The Learning Sciences Ph.D. program is a new interdisciplinary doctoral program launched at Northwestern University's School of Education and Social Policy in 1991 with over twenty newly-hired faculty (in the disciplines of Education, Computer Science, and Psychology) targeting the training of a new generation of professionals in the field. Faculty and students in the program are engaged in research to advance the scientific understanding and practice of learning and education, and the theory, design, construction, and assessment of innovative technologies and learning environments for schools and workplaces. The Learning Sciences Ph.D. comprises a cohesive training program integrating substantive treatment of three areas of specialization in its core coursework, methodological foundations, and research apprenticeships: (1) the study of social contexts of learning which investigates the social, contextual, and cultural dynamics of learning in situation ranging from classrooms to out-of-school setting, (2) the study of cognition, developing scientific models of the structures and processes by which domain knowledge and skills are acquired and (3) the study of learning technologies, which concentrates on the theory-guided design and use of multimedia computing, artificial intelligence, and communications technologies for supporting learning and teaching processes. This proposal describes the graduate training program in Learning Sciences and our plans for aggressive recruiting to attract underrepresented groups to this field in the context of Northwestern's recent dramatic increases in minority doctoral program enrollment.

学习认知科学研究的新见解和计算机技术性质的重大进步使学习科学成为基于可靠理论和证据的教与学创新的关键研究领域。学习科学博士项目是西北大学教育与社会政策学院于1991年推出的一个新的跨学科博士项目，有20多名新聘用的教师(教育、计算机科学和心理学学科)，旨在培养该领域的新一代专业人员。该计划的教职员工和学生从事研究，以促进对学习和教育的科学理解和实践，以及学校和工作场所创新技术和学习环境的理论、设计、建设和评估。学习科学博士包括一个紧密结合的培训计划，在其核心课程、方法基础和研究学徒中整合了三个专业领域的实质性处理：(1)学习的社会情境研究，调查从教室到校外环境中学习的社会、背景和文化动态；(2)认知研究，开发获取领域知识和技能的结构和过程的科学模型；(3)学习技术研究，专注于在理论指导下设计和使用多媒体计算、人工智能和通信技术来支持学习和教学过程。这份提案描述了学习科学的研究生培训计划，以及我们在西北大学最近少数民族博士课程招生大幅增加的背景下，积极招聘以吸引未被充分代表的群体进入该领域的计划。