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SUMMARY:Epistemic Cognition - conceptions of knowledge in action - Profess
 or Kirsti Lonka\, Faculty of Educational Sciences\, University of Helsinki
 \, Finland
DTSTART:20170307T163000Z
DTEND:20170307T180000Z
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CONTACT:Araceli Hopkins
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nPeople entertain varying beliefs about the nature of
  knowledge\, often called personal epistemologies or epistemic cognition. 
 During this “post-truth era”\, epistemic thinking is increasingly rele
 vant: how people justify and evaluate their own beliefs. They experience e
 pistemic emotions related to knowledge (hot cognitions). Mental models are
  related to epistemologies\, because they implicitly include how people co
 me to know something. For instance\, students’ epistemic cognition has b
 earing on what kinds of study strategies they prefer. Our research shows t
 hat epistemic beliefs play a role in how people learn. We identified epist
 emic profiles that were domain-specific and related to mental models of le
 arning. \n\nBio\nKirsti Lonka is Professor of Educational Psychology at Un
 iversity of Helsinki\, Finland (2005-).  She is the Director of the Resear
 ch Group of Educational Psychology. On wiredminds.fi you may see all her p
 rojects and also people working with her. Kirsti Lonka is also Extraordina
 ry Professor\, Optentia Research Focus Area\, North-West University\, Vand
 erbiljpark\, South Africa (2016-2019) http://news.nwu.ac.za/prof-kirsti-lo
 nka-trailing-digital-native-within-educational-context and Advisory Board 
 Member of Graduate Institute of Digital Learning and Education\, National 
 Taiwan University of Science and Technology (2015-). Kirsti is a founding 
 member of Teachers’ Academy of the University of Helsinki since 2013 and
  she was also their first President (2013-2014).\n\n
LOCATION:Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, (ro
 om GS4  Donald McIntyre Building)
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