Learning and the
New findings suggest that at birth, young children are prepared to learn from so-called social agents--other members in a group or society. Findings also suggest the "social brain" enhances and constrains social learning over a person's lifetime. But, beyond learning social skills, can social interaction be used to acquire specific types of learning?
In this National Science Foundation (NSF) Distinguished Lecture, Patricia Kuhl, director of NSF's LIFE Science of Learning Center, says yes. Kuhl discusses how studies of language acquisition through live social interaction led to the theoretical formulation that social interaction acts as a "gate" that triggers other types of learning.
Ultimately, Kuhl will show how these new findings provide the foundation for a new science of learning that promises to transform the practice of education.
This Distinguished Lecture is sponsored by NSF's Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences.
What:NSF SBE Distinguished Lecture
Who:Patricia Kuhl, Director of NSF's LIFE Science of Learning Center and co-director of the Institute for Brain and Learning Sciences at the University of Washington
When:October 13, 2010 at 11 a.m. EDT
Where:Room 110, Stafford I4121 Wilson Boulevard - Room 595Arlington, Va. 22230
Metro:Orange Line to Ballston
Note: Visitors must RSVP to Bobbie Mixon in the Office of Legislative and Public Affairs to register for a visitor pass for access to the Stafford I building. Contact Bobbie at bmixon@nsf.gov or (703) 292-8485.
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