The Learning Sciences in Conversation explores the unique pluralities, complex networks, and distinct approaches of the learning scientists of today. Focused on four key scholarly areas - transdisciplinarity, design, cognition, and technology - this cutting-edge volume draws on empirical and theoretical foundations to illustrate the directions, perspectives, methods, and questions that continue to define this evolving field. Contributions by researchers are put in dialogue with one another, offering an exemplary analysis of a field that synthesizes, in situ, various scholarly traditions and orientations to create a critical and heterogenous understanding of learning.

The Learning Sciences in Conversation explores the unique pluralities, complex networks, and distinct approaches of the learning scientists of today. Focused on four key scholarly areas - transdisciplinarity, design, cognition, and technology - this cutting-edge volume draws on empirical and theoretical foundations to illustrate the directions, perspectives, methods, and questions that continue to define this evolving field. Contributions by researchers are put in dialogue with one another, offering an exemplary analysis of a field that synthesizes, in situ, various scholarly traditions and orientations to create a critical and heterogenous understanding of learning.

This book covers the narratives of three authors who have different educational backgrounds, academic experiences, and fields of study. It interrogates and discusses the topic of educational assessment in different education systems, which represent eastern and western cultures and political contexts. The book provides recommendations for developing teachers' assessment literacy in teacher education and professional development programs. It also serves as a springboard for futher inquiry into the subject.