Learning Sciences
- How do people learn?
- How do they develop and change as they progress from infancy through old age?
- How do their learning and development influence their thoughts and actions?
- How can we design experiences and environments that improve learning and development?
- How can we measure and evaluate learning?
These are just a few of the questions that faculty and students in Learning Sciences seek to answer. The Learning Sciences program is designed to expand our understanding of these crucial issues and to prepare the Learning Scientists of the future. With the ever increasing cognitive demands and constantly accelerated pace of change of the modern world, understanding and improving learning and development become increasingly vital and challenging.
Graduate study in Learning Sciences is based on the Apprentice Scholar model, in which students not only become immersed in the literature outlining what is known, but in the process of exploring what is yet to be learned. Learning Sciences students actively participate in research designed to advance our understanding of these issues, and in the development and evaluation of applications based on theory and research in the learning sciences. Through these experiences, together with the courses that support them, students acquire the knowledge, skills, and experiences they need as university faculty, researchers, and leaders in schools, business, and industry. Learning Sciences enables students, with the guidance of faculty mentors, to build a program of study that meets their individual needs and professional objectives.
Learning Sciences offers the Ph.D. in Educational Psychology with specializations in Cognition, Creativity, Instruction, and Development (CCID); Educational Technology (EDTC); and Research, Measurement, and Statistics (RMS), as well as the MS and MEd in Educational Psychology and MEd in Educational Technology.
