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Australian Science of Learning Centre ACER CEO, Professor Geoff Masters, and Director of Educational Monitoring and Research, Dr Sue Thomson, presented at the Australian Science of Learning Centre earlier this week. Based at the University of Queensland, the Centre is a collaboration between ACER and the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI), and is a cross-disciplinary initiative to investigate learning in partnership with education professionals. The Centre comprises researchers with backgrounds in neuroscience, psychology, education, imaging and complex systems. It is focused on attention, and how it mediates learning in the sense of long-term memory formation, and promoting innovative problem solving. Professor Masters presented at the Centre’s first meeting on Wednesday 20 July on the topic of educational research and neuroscience and how emotions and beliefs play a key role in learning. The meeting covered the emerging multidisciplinary field of the science of learning which integrates neuroscience, psychology, complex systems, educational research and classroom teaching practice. Brain imaging, neural recordings and design of learning technologies were among the many cutting-edge approaches also discussed. Dr Thomson presented at the Centre’s symposium on Attention and Learning on Thursday 21 July, which brought together researchers from across the broad spectrum of research. The symposium had a particular emphasis on how research across the different levels can be integrated to improve delivery of learning in today’s classrooms. Dr Thomson looked at student’s perceptions of barriers to paying attention in class citing a number of studies in this area, including results from Australian participants in a number of international studies managed by ACER. Further information about the Australian Science of Learning Centre is available from http://www.qbi.uq.edu.au/solc « Back to eNews
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ACER CEO, Professor Geoff Masters, and Director of Educational Monitoring and Research, Dr Sue Thomson, presented at the Australian Science of Learning Centre earlier this week.

Based at the University of Queensland, the Centre is a collaboration between ACER and the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI), and is a cross-disciplinary initiative to investigate learning in partnership with education professionals.

The Centre comprises researchers with backgrounds in neuroscience, psychology, education, imaging and complex systems. It is focused on attention, and how it mediates learning in the sense of long-term memory formation, and promoting innovative problem solving.

Professor Masters presented at the Centre’s first meeting on Wednesday 20 July on the topic of educational research and neuroscience and how emotions and beliefs play a key role in learning.

The meeting covered the emerging multidisciplinary field of the science of learning which integrates neuroscience, psychology, complex systems, educational research and classroom teaching practice. Brain imaging, neural recordings and design of learning technologies were among the many cutting-edge approaches also discussed.

Dr Thomson presented at the Centre’s symposium on Attention and Learning on Thursday 21 July, which brought together researchers from across the broad spectrum of research.

The symposium had a particular emphasis on how research across the different levels can be integrated to improve delivery of learning in today’s classrooms.

Dr Thomson looked at student’s perceptions of barriers to paying attention in class citing a number of studies in this area, including results from Australian participants in a number of international studies managed by ACER.

Further information about the Australian Science of Learning Centre is available from http://www.qbi.uq.edu.au/solc