 Introduction
The Graduate Program in Human Development, Learning and Culture (HDLC) places an emphasis on the three core concepts- Development, Learning and Culture-as well as the relationships between them over the course of the lifespan.
- Development, as maturation, growth, and change across key areas such as cognitive, linguistic, social and emotional, and cultural domains.
- Learning, as changes in perceiving, thinking, acting, and participating in formal and informal learning settings.
- Culture, as locally identified ways of speaking, thinking, acting, as well as roles and relationships within families, peer groups, schools and communities.
The faculty members who contribute to this program have expertise across a range of age groups, learning contexts, theoretical perspectives, and methodological perspectives. This allows graduate students to explore a variety of research foci prior to articulating their own research intentions:
- early childhood, youth, young adult and adult education;
- classroom, school, work, and technological contexts;
- cognitive, social, and sociocultural perspectives, and;
- quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methodologies.
Children are born into cultural worlds, with social languages and meanings already established. Early on, their gestures, actions, sounds, and words are interpreted for them by caretaking adults and siblings. Over time, they grow to become "meaning makers," interpreting their experiences and actions in the world with others. How this process unfolds, both typical and atypical pathways, for different groups of children and youth, forms the foundation for investigations in the Human Development, Learning and Culture Program.
HDLC-Related Research Projects, Labs, and Courses
Dr. Mary Bryson
Dr. Laurie Ford
Dr. Hillel Goelman
Dr. Anita Hubley
Dr. Shelley Hymel
Dr. Marion Porath
Dr. Kimberley Schonert-Reichl
Dr. Jennifer Shapka
Dr. Jennifer Vadeboncoeur
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