Translating the learning sciences into practice: A primer for clinical and translational educators
The learning sciences have yielded a wealth of insights about the mechanisms and conditions that promote learning, yet the findings from this body of research often do not make their way into educational practice. This fundamentally translational problem is one we believe that educators from transla...
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| description | The learning sciences have yielded a wealth of insights about the mechanisms and conditions that promote learning, yet the findings from this body of research often do not make their way into educational practice. This fundamentally translational problem is one we believe that educators from translational fields, with their evidence-based orientation and familiarity with the challenges and importance of translation, are well-positioned to address. Here, we provide a primer on the learning sciences to guide educators in the Clinical and Translational Science Institutes and other organizations that train translational researchers. We (a) describe the unique teaching and learning environment in which this training occurs, and why it necessitates attention to learning research and its appropriate application, (b) explain what the learning sciences are, (c) distill the complex science of learning into core principles, (d) situate recent developments in the field within these principles, and (e) explain, in practical terms, how these principles can inform our teaching. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6a13be32fdfa4d7992b9f344def1ffc22023-03-09T12:31:03ZengCambridge University PressJournal of Clinical and Translational Science2059-86612021-01-01510.1017/cts.2021.840Translating the learning sciences into practice: A primer for clinical and translational educatorsMarie K. Norman0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1307-0115Gaetano R. Lotrecchiano1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8934-7139Innovative Design for Education and Assessment (IDEA) Lab, Institute for Clinical Research Education, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USADepartment of Clinical Research and Leadership, Instructional Core for Advocacy, Research, and Excellence In Teaching and Learning (ICare), George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USAThe learning sciences have yielded a wealth of insights about the mechanisms and conditions that promote learning, yet the findings from this body of research often do not make their way into educational practice. This fundamentally translational problem is one we believe that educators from translational fields, with their evidence-based orientation and familiarity with the challenges and importance of translation, are well-positioned to address. Here, we provide a primer on the learning sciences to guide educators in the Clinical and Translational Science Institutes and other organizations that train translational researchers. We (a) describe the unique teaching and learning environment in which this training occurs, and why it necessitates attention to learning research and its appropriate application, (b) explain what the learning sciences are, (c) distill the complex science of learning into core principles, (d) situate recent developments in the field within these principles, and (e) explain, in practical terms, how these principles can inform our teaching.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2059866121008402/type/journal_articleLearning scienceeducationtranslationteachingpedagogy |
| spellingShingle | Marie K. Norman Gaetano R. Lotrecchiano Translating the learning sciences into practice: A primer for clinical and translational educators Journal of Clinical and Translational Science Learning science education translation teaching pedagogy |
| title | Translating the learning sciences into practice: A primer for clinical and translational educators |
| title_full | Translating the learning sciences into practice: A primer for clinical and translational educators |
| title_fullStr | Translating the learning sciences into practice: A primer for clinical and translational educators |
| title_full_unstemmed | Translating the learning sciences into practice: A primer for clinical and translational educators |
| title_short | Translating the learning sciences into practice: A primer for clinical and translational educators |
| title_sort | translating the learning sciences into practice a primer for clinical and translational educators |
| topic | Learning science education translation teaching pedagogy |
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