BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 14.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Central Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Central Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr. Susan Yoon\, Graduate School of Education\, Univer sity of Pennsylvania\nThe study of complex systems has been highlighted in recent science education policy in the United States and has been the sub ject of important real-world scientific investigation. Because of this\, r esearch on complex systems in K–12 science education has shown a marked in crease over the last two decades. Researchers in the learning sciences and science education have contributed a great deal to this literature in ter ms of modeling tools\, theories\, and pedagogical approaches that can supp ort both instruction and students’ learning. In this talk\, I will discuss epistemological\, and methodological characteristics of various research foci that investigate systems in science education. I will highlight simil arities and differences between these foci and offer insights into ways in which the field can move forward in enacting a more unified approach for research and application. I will also highlight how this work can be suppo rted by more concerted efforts in building teacher professional developmen t activities and by building teachers’ social capital.\nSusan Yoon\, PhD\, is Associate Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education a t the University of Pennsylvania. She has research interests in science an d technology education\, complex systems\, social network and social capit al applications for learning\, and the learning sciences. Her work spans b oth formal and informal science and technology environments where she has developed tools\, curricula\, and PD activities to support sense making th rough visualization tools. She has researched the affordances of wearable and mobile technologies\, augmented reality technologies\, digital knowled ge-building collaborative platforms\, and agent-based computer simulations that support STEM content learning and participation with middle and high school students and teachers. She is the recipient of the 2009 AERA Divis ion C Jan Hawkins Award for early career contributions in learning technol ogies. She sits on the Board of Directors for the International Society of the Learning Sciences and on several editorial boards\, including Educati onal Researcher and the American Educational Research Journal. She is co-E ditor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Learning Sciences for the period 2017 –2020.\nContact: Amy Summers 217-333-0960\narsummer@illinois.edu\nSponsor: College of Education DTEND:20180308T183000Z DTSTAMP:20260308T141722Z DTSTART:20180308T170000Z LOCATION:IL\,USA\,Champaign\,192 Education SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Dr. Susan Yoon\, "Forging a Research Agenda for the Field of Comple x Systems in K-12 Science Education" UID:RFCALITEM639085582429110637 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Speaker: Dr. Susan Yoon\, Graduate School of Educati on\, University of Pennsylvania

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The study of complex systems has b een highlighted in recent science education policy in the United States an d has been the subject of important real-world scientific investigation. B ecause of this\, research on complex systems in K–12 science education has shown a marked increase over the last two decades. Researchers in the lea rning sciences and science education have contributed a great deal to this literature in terms of modeling tools\, theories\, and pedagogical approa ches that can support both instruction and students’ learning. In this tal k\, I will discuss epistemological\, and methodological characteristics of various research foci that investigate systems in science education. I wi ll highlight similarities and differences between these foci and offer ins ights into ways in which the field can move forward in enacting a more uni fied approach for research and application. I will also highlight how this work can be supported by more concerted efforts in building teacher profe ssional development activities and by building teachers’ social capital.\n

Susan Yoon\, PhD\, is Associate Professor of Educa tion in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania . She has research interests in science and technology education\, complex systems\, social network and social capital applications for learning\, a nd the learning sciences. Her work spans both formal and informal science and technology environments where she has developed tools\, curricula\, an d PD activities to support sense making through visualization tools. She h as researched the affordances of wearable and mobile technologies\, augmen ted reality technologies\, digital knowledge-building collaborative platfo rms\, and agent-based computer simulations that support STEM content learn ing and participation with middle and high school students and teachers. S he is the recipient of the 2009 AERA Division C Jan Hawkins Award for earl y career contributions in learning technologies. She sits on the Board of Directors for the International Society of the Learning Sciences and on se veral editorial boards\, including Educational Researcher and the American Educational Research Journal. She is co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Learning Sciences for the period 2017–2020 .

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Contact: Amy Summers 217-333-0960
\na rsummer@illinois.edu

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