Dr. Carol D. Lee - Northwestern University: Bringing Culture to the Center of the Study of Learning

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Humans of Learning Sciences

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Humans of Learning Sciences aims to amplify the diverse perspectives of scholars in the Learning Sciences. Rather than focusing on interviewee's research agendas or scholarly accomplishments, Humans will foreground what's typically unspoken: Why we do what we do, what inspires and challenges us, and what we have learned about ourselves and others by studying and supporting learning across settings. Humans of LS is co-produced by Dr. Mon-Lin Monica Ko and Andrew Gregory Krzak, with generous support from the Learning Sciences Research Institute at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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Dr. Carol D. Lee - Northwestern University: Bringing Culture to the Center of the Study of Learning

Humans of Learning Sciences

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Dr. Carol D. Lee - Northwestern University: Bringing Culture to the Center of the Study of Learning

Dr. Carol Lee, Professor Emeritus at Northwestern University, is my guest on today’s episode. Carol is - and has been a tour de force in our field, a pioneer who has brought culture to the center of our investigation of learning. You may have seen or read her work on class syllabi, or heard one of her many speeches or remarks at conferences. But what are the life experiences that led her to where she is now? That’s the focus of today’s episode. We talk about her experience as an English teacher in Chicago Public Schools, her involvement with the Black Arts movement, and building, from the ground up, African centered schools – Carol has lived many lives and can tell you how each of these experiences formed her and her approach to studying learning. She recounts, from her perspective, what the beginnings of our field looked like, and what excites her about the future of the Learning Sciences. I love that Carol is, fittingly, a forever learner, who is still digging into new literature across disciplines like biology, philosophy, and neuroscience and pushing herself to think about how we can bring these disparate fields together to inform how we study learning. This is an episode you don’t want to miss!

Works discussed:

Lee, C. D. (2010). Soaring above the clouds, delving the ocean’s depths: Understanding the ecologies of human learning and the challenge for education science. Educational Researcher, 39(9), 643–655.

Lee, C. D., Lomotey, K., & Shujaa, M. (1990). How shall we Sing our Sacred Song in a Strange Land? The Dilemma of Double Consciousness and the Complexities of an African–Centered Pedagogy. Journal of Education, 172(2), 45–61. https://doi.org/10.1177/002205749017200205

Nasir, Na'ilah Suad, Lee, Carol D., Pea, Roy, McKinney de Royston, Maxine. Handbook of the Cultural Foundations of Learning (2020). Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Handbook-of-the-Cultural-Foundations-of-Learning/Nasir-Lee-Pea-Royston/p/book/9780415839051

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