Flinders University Adelaide, South Australia will help establish a $16 million Science of Learning Research Centre to investigate the neuroscience of the human learning process.
As the only South Australian university involved in the national collaboration, spearheaded by the University of Queensland, Flinders researchers will play a key role in the Centre’s aim of identifying new teaching practices, policies and innovations based on solid scientific evidence.
Funded through the Australian Research Council’s Special Research Initiatives scheme, the Science of Learning Research Centre will undertake research to address complex issues in the learning process, including issues relating to Indigenous learners, learners in regional and remote locations, learners from diverse backgrounds as well as the role of digital technology in education.
The centre will draw on the expertise of leading education professionals and high-quality researchers from 16 organisations, including six Australian universities and the Australian Council for Educational Research, in areas ranging from cognitive development to educational technology.
