Learning Sciences

Catalog description

Learning Sciences: Learning sciences represents an interdisciplinary field that examines how people learn to understand, reason, and solve problems in diverse and complex settings. This course will examine how learning sciences has and continues to evolve as a research field that informs practice through the design of effective learning environments across socioculturally mediated contexts. It will engage with foundational field perspectives to interrogate such ideas as the goals of education, learning design features, and social and cultural influences.