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Aysegul Solar

Pioneers in Learning Sciences - 4 views

the second person is Seymour Pappert the father of Logo software which give inspiration to this popular Logo toys :) http://www.papert.org/

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mskaraca

2 Pioneers in learning sciences - 12 views

2 pioneers in learning sciences Carl Rogers: Significant learning. He states that teaching is useless or damaging. Only Learning (or personal experiences) can yield a change is behaviors and ...

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started by mskaraca on 09 Oct 14 no follow-up yet
haticekiz

How the brain learns to see (TED TALK) - 0 views

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    The talk is about a research conducted by Indian Pawan Shinha. The research has been conducted on a group of 200 children. They were blind as a result of cataract. He pioneered the project which consists of treatment and post observation. He defined learning seeing step by step. He uttered that after treatment, the patient cannot differentiate the shapes; even the shadow is an object for them. The video has real data which is very interesting in my opinion.
armagan_metu

Learning to Think Mathematically - 1 views

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    This link contains a small writing of Roy Pea, learning sciences pioneer. Putting on emphasis on the guidelines of mathematical education it also shares some ideas on how to use technology for mathamatic teaching. I find it interesting that although this is a 31-year-old document, ideas about teaching is quite up-to-date. Article contains ideas on the aim of the mathematical education which is to nurture problem solving skills and suggests softwares should be harmonious with this fact instead of drill and practice softwares.
Sinem Hizli Alkan

Is China trying to emulate Finland? - 9 views

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    it seems that we will try to go to some Chinese Universities in ten years time, instead of Europe or States.
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    The scandinavian pioneering role in school reforms has a long tradition. It is not only the comprehensive-school-system which makes Finnland a top-performer. Many countries are trying to emulate Finland and more equal opportunities in education can be a good progress. But why is Finnland a top-performer? In my opinion it could be PISA which is responsible for the comparison of school systems. PISA is criticized by many researchers, so first we have to scrutinize whether Finland can be a prototype.
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    According to the latest scores of PISA, it seems like we all start to search how China and South Corea is doing in their education systems. As for the question why Finland is a top-performer, there are several aspects to explain it. I think, initially, teacher education comes first and equality and equity in education follow this. Therefore they show up as top thanks to PISA. Their school tradition, history of both economics and education, population and mentality of learning could be obstacles to make it as a prototype and compare with some countries.
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    My aim was not to call Finland as a top-performer into question. I want to criticize PISA and their purposes. For example the test-structure are determining the results, so if sth. would be changed, another country will be the top-performer. I found an interesting critique: http://www.univie.ac.at/pisaaccordingtopisa/pisazufolgepisa.pdf But maybe I failed the original topic, because that article doesn't discuss PISA.
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    We had the same conversation here with my colleagues from Belgium and Netherlands the outcomes that PISA is measuring. It is after all measuring certain outcomes that OECD wants to measure. We also have to be careful in taking Finland as a model and such comparative approach just like mentioned in a series of reports that Christian shared.
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    PISA is a big goal for policy makers. They want to success even they don't believe, because it makes country popular as seen above:) We have to focus on real indicators like development... And here is an infographic about Finland's educational system: http://slowrobot.com/i/43651#
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    In my oppinion, we couldnot seek the other countries' educational systems, at the begining of possible educational reform process. Before this, students profile and the reasons behind the problems have to be analysed; such as economic and social problems, teacher's competencies, subject matter, schools' physical equipments, etc. As I mentioned, before analysing other countries systems, we have to analyse our educational systems indetail and clearly. From that point, solutions can be seeked and useful after determination fo the problems..
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    Now I understand your point, Christian. Thanks for sharing that pdf, I think that is related with the article since it discusses the whole structure of PISA which is showed as a scale. And for sure,that might happen that another country would be top according to another kind of testing but still there is a hard fact about Finland and their school culture. I have seen that infographic before but I feel the need to correct some issues there according to my stay in Finland. For instance, it says that there are no seperate classrooms for accelerated learning or special education but there are many of them. As for homeworks, this saying of having rarely homework is not actually reflecting the reality. They do have homeworks but the definiton of it might cause misunderstandings;)
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    Thank you Sinem for correcting the infographic's assumptions. I would like to hear more about your experiences in Finland.
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    In my opinion education policy of the countries do not be planned based on the students' academic achievement. Real achievement of an education system could be observed as individuals' adaptation to life. For example the main vision of the elementary science curriculum defined by Ministry of National Education of Turkey [MONE] (2005) is that regardless of the individual differences of students, they are educated to become scientifically literate, the uniqueness nature of the learner; background and culture of the learners and motivation of the learners were taken into consideration in the development of the curriculum (MONE, 2005), but putting those in the practice is very difficult.
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    Also, as mentioned in the text "… those results come at the cost of one of the highest levels of student anxiety in the world." Anxiety is very important and big research area in educational psychology also the news in the link http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/10/content_9710997.htm exemplifies its importance in Chinese case.
anonymous

Learning by Design - 0 views

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    Here you can find all information, tools and other extras about LBD. Janet Kolodner, a pioneer in this field, is responsible for this webpage.
Hatice Çilsalar

Ann Thompson - 0 views

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    Hi everyone. Today I'm introducing Ann D. Thompson. She is a professor in Iowa Satte University. She is the pioneer in educational technology area. She has conducted a lot of projects. Here is the Ann thomson's publications and citation rates from google. And here is her CV. http://www.public.iastate.edu/~eat/Ann-short%20vita%201.htm
Hatice Çilsalar

Yahya Akyüz - 0 views

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    Yahya hoca is known with his works on education history in Turkey. He is the pioneer in History of Turkish education, especially teacher education in Turkey. His books on the link which are been sold. Here is his turkish CV: http://www.ekremyaman.com/2010/10/11/prof-dr-yahya-akyuz/
Ezgi Hazal KÖK

Roger Schank - 0 views

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    Schank is one of the leading pioneers in artificial intelligence, cognitive science and learning theory. One of his quotes has gripped my attention when I had a look at his page. He states "Education must remain a process where an individual learns to discover oneself and, in doing so, endeavour to improve the human condition. For our future, it is important that we teach our children that reading and learning can be enjoyable and intrinsically rewarding." He emphasizes how important learning by doing is, and believes that we should put conventional teaching methods aside because these make school horrible. In order to make it less horrible, softwares,let's say, technology should be involved in existing educational system, which is already broken.
anonymous

Differences between Piaget & Vygotsky - 1 views

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    This is an easy explanation of the differences between two pioneers in the field of LS
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    I like this web site. Used some of the examples and resources in my educational psychology course. Thanks for sharing.
Emrah Baki Basoglu

Seymour Papert and Stephen Krashen - 10 views

Hi all! Let me introduce two researchers who have made important contributions to learning sciences. The first name is Seymour Papert, who established connections with Piaget's developmental psycho...

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started by Emrah Baki Basoglu on 12 Oct 14 no follow-up yet
SEDA MUSAOĞLU

2 important figures - 10 views

Roy Pea has many publications in the field of learning sciences and on learning technology design. He made important contributions to the understanding of how people learn with technology. He is a ...

started by SEDA MUSAOĞLU on 12 Oct 14 no follow-up yet
deryasahin

Dr. Allan M. Collins and James Gee - 8 views

"Allan Collins is in some respects the 'Father' of the Learning Sciences," He combined his cognitive science background with the learning research experiments. http://itls.usu.edu/groups/6505_know...

pioneers

started by deryasahin on 13 Oct 14 no follow-up yet
Özlem Duran Ataalp

2 important people in the field of learning sciences - 5 views

Hi everyone!!! I'd like to share information about Jean Piaget and Janet L. Kolodner, whom I find quite important in the field of learning sciences. Everyone who studied teaching should be quite fa...

piaget cognitive kolodner case-basedreasoning

started by Özlem Duran Ataalp on 12 Oct 14 no follow-up yet
deryasahin

Flow, the secret to happiness - 7 views

Mihaly Czikszentmihalyi has pioneering works on flow theory and motivation. It is really worth to listen him. "the secret of happiness" is not just cliche words here. http://www.ted.com/talks/mihal...

Motivation flow theory

started by deryasahin on 05 Nov 14 no follow-up yet
armagan_metu

Beyond Amplification - 1 views

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    In this article Roy Pea, who is one of the pioneers of learning sciences, discussing how computers are changing our cognitive lifes beyond amplifying. Article first supports this proposition, then discusses implications of applying computer-based technologies into education. Lastly it suggests updating educational practices in order to be harmonious with this new emerging cognitive life. This article is also important for being quite early, it constitutes one of the foot stones of the learning sciences area.
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