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SUMMARY: Argumentation for learning: What we know and what we need to know
  - Dr Christa Asterhan\, School of Education\, Hebrew University of Jerusa
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CONTACT:Araceli Hopkins
DESCRIPTION:Argumentation has become a prominent theme in education and ed
 ucational research\, mainly due to the growing realization that it is key 
 to active and critical participation in a democratic\, globalized society.
  There is also increasing consensus among psycho-educational scholars that
  participation in argumentation improves student learning and understandin
 g of subject matter. In this talk\, I will argue that notwithstanding a st
 rong theoretical rationale\, findings are not always consistent and that p
 roductive argumentation is not easily established. I will present findings
  from an ongoing line of studies in which we try to specify when and how a
 rgumentation may produce learning gains and to identify the inhibitors and
  facilitators of productive student argumentation. \n\nProfile:\nChrista A
 sterhan is a Senior Lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and hea
 ds the Learning & Instruction program there. Her research focuses on learn
 ing in and through human interaction in different settings (such as peer a
 rgumentation\, online social networks\, teacher work teams\, and classroom
  dialogue) and combines experimental as well as qualitative research metho
 ds. She is currently a visiting scholar at Utrecht University until July 2
 017. 
LOCATION:Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, (ro
 om GS4  Donald McIntyre Building)
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