Learning Sciences is a field of educational research that studies learning broadly. We often talk about life-long learning (across human development), life-wide learning (across many contexts in and out of school, in formal and informal spaces), and life-deep learning (recognizing the importance of histories of participation, cultural communities, and meaningful identity development and belonging). Our goals are to understand learning and contribute to theories of learning and development AND to impact learning designs in real ways. Learning Sciences research is committed to research and practice, theory and design, in all of our work. We work to reenvision | reimagine | redesign learning towards more equitable, meanginful, and just ends.
Learning Scientists at UNT have experience in partnerships with educators, children, youth, families, informal learning institutions, schools, and school districts. We draw on an array of methods to support these partnerships to ensure that all members of our teams achieve their goals, whether those be research- or practice-oriented. This page describes some of these methods with short descriptions of the approaches paired with concrete examples from our community’s prior work. We would be delighted to talk more with any of you about these approaches and potential partnerships.
Learning Sciences Methods Menu
Like a menu in a restaurant, Learning Sciences approaches are meant to be adapted to the particular curiosities and challenges of any partnership. While we describe these methods in their own right below, consider these as just a range of possibilities in imagining what we might do together.
Select a method below and you’ll be taken to a new page with information about it. At the bottom of each of these pages is a link to bring you back here.
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