The United States and Australian Collaborative Workshop on the New Science of Learning

这个国际项目旨在协调美国科学学习中心的科学家和澳大利亚科学学习中心的科学家，通过一个令人兴奋的为期两天的研讨会和对澳大利亚实验室的扩展访问，以规划合作和交流信息。为期两天的研讨会将汇集科学家、政策制定者和政府官员，目的是介绍学习科学社区的科学目标和进展，并参与严谨的科学讲座和讨论，旨在获得跨学科的观点，了解注意力在学习中的作用，并制定旨在将这门科学引入教育环境的研究课题。最后，美国受训人员和科学家将花更多的时间与澳大利亚科学家通过实验室访问、数据会议和与他们具体工作相关的主题的扩展信息交流来进一步讨论和计划。因此，这项活动的智力价值在于美国科学家和澳大利亚科学家之间的思想交流，集中在学习科学的特定问题上。将开发网络基础设施，以支持本次研讨会正在进行的信息交流和数据共享。除了提供所有设施和组织服务外，澳大利亚学习科学中心还慷慨地提出将美国社区纳入其现有的“注意力与学习”专题讨论会。这次研讨会的更广泛影响将是在两国科学家之间以及在学习科学中心本身内部发展协同增效作用。该讲习班将作为发展国际学习科学社区的基础。获得跨文化的视角将丰富我们的科学，对我们的学员来说是一次非常好的经历。每个国家面临的一个重大挑战是如何提供有效和高质量的教育。本次研讨会将有助于解决这一问题，并可能对全球劳动力的未来和科学的全球性质产生影响。国际合作的基层努力可以改变中心学员的教育，也可以改变这个国家未来为儿童提供的教育质量。在这个全球科学的时代，这些基层的努力是必不可少的。

ABSTRACT This international venture aims to coordinate the US Science of Learning Center scientists with those from the Australian Science of Learning Centre through an exciting two day workshop and extended visits to the Australian laboratories for the purpose of planning collaborations and exchanging information. The two day workshop will bring together scientists, policy makers, and government officials for the purpose of introducing the scientific goals and progress from the Science of Learning communities and engaging in a rigorous day of scientific talks and discussions aimed towards gaining interdisciplinary perspectives on the role of attention in learning and formulating research topics designed to move this science into the educational setting. Finally, US trainees and scientists will spend extended time furthering their discussions and plans with Australian scientists through laboratory visits, meetings over data, and extended information exchange on topics relevant to their specific lines of work. Hence the intellectual merit of this activity rests in the exchange of ideas between the US scientists and the Australian scientists, focused on particular issues in the Science of Learning. Cyberinfrastructure will be developed to support the ongoing exchange of information and sharing of data from this workshop. The Australian Science of Learning Centre has graciously offered to incorporate the US community in their existing symposium on Attention and Learning, in addition to providing all facilities and organizational services. The broader impacts of this workshop will be in developing synergies between the scientists in the two countries as well as within the Science of Learning Centers itself. The workshop will serve as a foundation for developing an International Science of Learning Community. Gaining cross-cultural perspectives will enrich our science and be excellent an excellent experience for our trainees. A major challenge that faces every nation is how to provide effective and high quality education. This workshop will contribute to solving this problem and is likely to have an impact on the future of the global workforce and the global nature of science in general. The grass-root efforts of international collaborations can be transformational both to the education of the centers' trainees and to the future quality of the education this country provides children. These grass-root efforts are essential in this era of global science.