SLC Catalyst: Culture, Learning, and Development

美国社会正变得越来越多民族化。 然而，传统上，文化多样性问题在与理解学习和发展有关的核心领域中一直处于边缘地位。 学习科学必须将这些问题置于学习和发展的科学调查的中心。 SLC催化剂活动的目标是为创建文化、学习和发展研究中心奠定概念、方法和经验基础。该项目将重点关注三项活动：（1）构思和实施一项研究议程，以便在生态框架内系统地研究文化、学习和发展，特别注重各人类群体发展的不同文化途径;（2）建立完成这一议程所需的伙伴关系;以及（3）为各种工作实践、领导和管理结构、评估和宣传工作制定蓝图，以支持一个有效的、批判性反思和生产中心。 研究议程将解决有关发展的不同文化途径的基本的，未回答的问题。 它将解决跨学科框架内复杂的社会生态的实证调查中的基本方法论问题。文化，学习和发展研究中心将有助于更深入地了解我们社会中持续和新兴的社会和教育困境，而且，重要的是，到设计旨在改善这个国家许多人生活机会的模式，这些人在历史上一直没有得到教育和公共服务的努力。

American society is becoming increasingly multi-ethnic. Traditionally, however, issues of cultural diversity have been peripheral in core fields concerned with understanding learning and development. A science of learning must place these issues at the center of the scientific investigation of learning and development. The goal of this SLC Catalyst activity is to develop the conceptual, methodological and empirical underpinnings for the creation of a Center for the Study of Culture, Learning and Development.The project will focus on three activities: (1) conceptualize and operationalize a research agenda for the systematic study of culture, learning and development within an ecological framework, focusing in particular on the diverse cultural pathways of development across human groups; (2) build the partnerships needed to accomplish such an agenda; and (3) create a blueprint for the kinds of work practices, leadership and management structures, evaluation and dissemination efforts needed to support an efficient, critically reflective, and productive Center. The research agenda will address fundamental, unanswered questions about diverse cultural pathways of development. It will address fundamental methodological issues in the empirical investigation of complex social ecologies within an inter-disciplinary framework.A Center for the Study of Culture, Learning and Development will contribute to deeper understanding of both persistent and emergent social and educational dilemmas in our society, and, importantly, to the design of models aimed at improving life chances for the many in this country who historically have been underserved by educational and public service efforts.