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The University of Hong Kong
Strategic Research Theme – Sciences of Learning

Strategic Research Theme
Sciences of Learning

SRT Forum
May 24, 2011


Introduction

Carol K.K. Chan
Kai-ming Cheng

Co-convenor

Strategic Research Theme - Sciences of Learning Forum (May 24, 2011) 2


Why Learning?

Learning to know
Learning to be
Learning to do
Learning to live together

UNESCO Treasure within, 1966



Why Learning?

A Learning Society
Learning as a core human activity

 Learning lifelong
 Learning on-demand, just-in-time
 Learning anywhere, anytime, anybody

The Learning Divide:


the Learning Rich and the Learning Poor



Learning & Education
 1990s-2010s
Individuals:
Learning
 1980s
Organizations:
Management
 1960s-1970s
Systems:
Planning


Learning & Education

Learning as
the core business
of Education

Study in Learning as
Basic Research
in Education



Learning vs Education

Learning = Education?

 Learning before Education
 Learning beyond Education
 Learning without Education
 Learning jeopardized by Education
 Learning distorted by Education



Advances in Learning
Research
Rapid advancements in Learning

 Breakthroughs in neurosciences
 New directions in cognitive sciences
 New orientations in curriculum
 Revolutionary approaches in pedagogy
 Overhauling reforms in assessments
 Learning beyond the formal curriculum
 Learning in the non-cognitive domains


What could we cover?


Background: HKU SRT
 Strategic Research Themes (2008-2011) funded by URC

Sciences of Learning SRT



Inquiry and Technology-
Enhanced Learning
Social and Cultural
Domains and Contexts Higher Education
and Professional Learning

Sciences
of
Learning
Language and Brain, Cognition and
Learning Human Development

Physical and
Motor Learning


Brain, Cognition &
Psychological processes

What is the nature of learning
processes?

Learning
Sciences

Interdisciplinary
& multidisciplinary

Design Social Context
How to design learning How to examine socio-cultural
environment? How can design dynamics mediating learning?
(e.g., PBL) help theorize
learning?

Adapted from Northwestern University, Learning (May 24, 2011)
Strategic Research Theme - Sciences of Learning Forum Sciences Lab 12


Sciences of Learning –
Key Research Questions
 To examine the nature of learning and how
learning takes place
 To investigate how learning can be promoted
and better achieved through theory-informed
designs
 To understand learning and innovation in
learning communities
 To analyze the social, cultural and contextual
dynamics in which learning takes place



Visions and Strategies
Phase 5. Achieving research excellence with widespread research

External and international
impacts
Internal exchanges

collaborations
Phase 4. Identifying niches and pivotal areas for cutting-edge
research advances
SRT Strategic Pathway

SRT Strategic Pathway
Phase 3. Developing interdisciplinary research of learning and
building a community of interdisciplinary researchers

Phase 2. Cross fertilization of individual endeavours and creating
interdisciplinary dialogues

Phase 1. Scanning and pooling of scattered individual efforts

Individual disciplinary-based
studies in learning



Progress, Achievements and Activities

2. Networking Events for Collaboration
3. Seminars on Sciences of Learning

4. International Conferences

5. Cross-Disciplinary Projects

6. Curriculum Reform & Knowledge Exchange

7. Knowledge Exchange

8. International Networking

9. Research Grants and Outputs

10. Postgraduate Students and PDFs



1. Networking Events for
Collaboration
 SRT Sciences of Learning Members Town-
hall Meeting (May 29, 2009)



Networking Events for
Collaboration
 University SRT Forum Breakout Session
(Nov 24, 2009)



Networking Events for
Collaboration
 Cross-Faculty Seminar on Problem-
based learning (Feb 21, 2011)
(Dentistry, LKS Medicine, SHS, Science)



2. Seminars on Sciences of Learning
 Organized /Corganized/Supported by
SRT :

Topic Speaker
Supporting Learning?: The Prof. Peter Blatchford,
Impact of Teaching Assistants University of London
in British Schools
Is small always beautiful? Class Prof. Maurice Galton,
size reductions in Hong Kong University of Cambridge
Primary Schools
A Multi-State District-Level Dr. Alan Cheung, Johns
Cluster Randomized Trial of the Hopkins University
Impact of a Data-Driven Reform
Model on Reading and
Mathematics Achievement
Education for Innovation: The Prof. Keith Sawyer,
Learning Sciences and the Washington University in St.
Future of Schooling Louis



Seminars on Sciences of Learning
 Organized /Co-organized/Supported by
SRT :
Topic Speakers
Lexical Quality: Word Experience Professor Charles Perfetti,
and Reading Ability University of Pittsburgh
Genes, Brains, Culture, and Dr. Elena Grigorenko, Yale
Education University
Understanding and Learning in Professor Nancy Stein,
Science University of Chicago
The Psychology of Science: Professor Robert Proctor,
Implications of Naturalism vs. Purdue University
Postmodernism
Mind or Virtue as Learning Dr Jin Li, Brown University
Orientation: Cultural Models for
Children’s Learning Beliefs
Developing Intercultural Prof. Anthony Liddicoat,
Learning in Global Universities University of South Australia



Seminars on Sciences of Learning
 Organized /Co-organized/Supported by SRT ):
Topic Speaker
Using Intelligent Agent-augmented Multi- Prof. Michael Jacobson, The
user Virtual Environments Technologies University of Sydney
to Advance Research in the Learning
Sciences
Research Impacting Practice in Schools: Dr. Looi Chee Kit, Nanyang
Learning Sciences Perspectives from Technological University
Singapore Singapore
Using Learners’ Performances and Prof. Anthony Liddicoat,
Reflections to Investigate Intercultural University of South Australia
Understanding
Learning Sciences and Technology- Prof. Elliot Soloway,
enhanced Inquiry University of Michigan
Dyslexia and Other Specific Learning Prof. Linda Siegel, University
Disabilities: Insights from Fiction Writers of British Columbia

Facilitating Knowledge Building in Dr. Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver,
Problem-based Learning The State University of New
Jersey


Seminars: Lunch-time workshops
 Interactive Forum: Chinese Learners –
Civil Examinations (18 May, 2010)



3. International Conferences
 ICCE Workshop: Computer-supported Collaborative
Learning (CSCL) Practices in Schools in Asia (Dec 2,
2009)



International Conferences
 CITE Research Symposium 2010 (CITERS2010) (March
4-6, 2010)
 CITE Research Symposium 2009 (CITERS2009) (March
5-7, 2009)
 Organized by Center of IT in Education (CITE), HKU,
supported and sponsored by SRT Sciences of Learning



International Conferences
 Computer-supported Collaborative
Learning 2011 (CSCL 2011) (July 4-8,
2011)
 Organized by CITE, HKU; SRT Sciences of
Learning as co-sponsor
 Global Forum on Learning
 Co-organized with CITE, & UNESCO, Paris



Upcoming Conferences

 Problem-Based Learning in Speech
Language Pathology and Audiology (Dec.,
2011)



4. Cross-faculty/Cross-disciplinary
Projects
 Motor Learning
(IHP and Speech and Hearing Sciences)



Cross-faculty/cross-disciplinary
Projects
 Engineering Education
(Faculty of Engineering, CETL & Faculty of Education)



Cross-faculty and cross-disciplinary
projects
 Medical Education
 (LKS Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Education)
 Problem-based Learning (Faculty of Dentistry and
Speech & Hearing Sciences, Faculty of Education)



Cross-faculty/cross-disciplinary
projects
 Knowledge Creation for 21st Century Education



5. Four-Year Curriculum Reform
and Higher Education

 TDG Project – IEEE Innovation Award;
Common Core Module
 Web 2.0 to support Learning Across
Faculties
 Problem-Based Learning, various Faculties



6. Knowledge Exchange
 Professional Development Course at EDB
 Engineering Learning for Primary School Students
 IEEE Teachers In-Service Program and outreach



7. International Networking
Initial contacts with:
 Center of Learning, Taiwan Tsing Hua

 Learning Lab, Singapore NIE

Forthcoming contacts:
 Consortium, East China Normal University

 UNESCO Chair on Learning, U Penn



8. Grants & Research Output
Support for book publication
 Chan, C.K.K. & Rao, N. (eds.) (2009). Revisiting the Chinese learners.
Springer/CERC
 Marton, F., Tse, S. K. & Cheung, W. M. (eds.) (2011). On the learning
of Chinese. Sense Publishers
 Rao, N., Zhou, J., S. Jin (eds.) (in press). Early Childhood Education
in Chinese Societies. Springer
 Bridges, S., Whitehill, T., & ….(in press). Problem-based learning in
clinical education.

Reading and Communication Disorder in Bilingual Societies…
(collaboration with other themes)

Grants and Publication
See SRT Sciences of Learning Website



9. Postgraduate Students and
PDFs
 SRT also aims to foster the development of junior researchers and
graduate students for capacity building



9) Sciences of Learning SRT Portal
 http://www.sol.edu.hk

• News and Events
• Key Research Areas
• People
• Featured Projects
• Members’ Publication
• Resources and Links
• Contact Method



 To know more about SRT Sciences of
Learning, please visit
 http://sol.edu.hku.hk


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