Much of the most important learning happens through social
interaction. Learning, Culture and Social Interaction is an international
journal devoted to the publication of high-quality research on learning within,
and through, social practices. Its particular focus is on understanding how
learning and development are embedded in social and cultural activities, and
how individuals and collective practices are transformed through learning.
Such understanding requires a careful analysis of learning
in social context, and of the communicative processes involved. In-depth
studies of interaction in schools (in various subjects and settings),
universities, work-places, voluntary organizations, public agencies, hospitals,
laboratories and other institutional settings will be welcome, as well as
studies of informal settings such as everyday conversations, play settings,
youth clubs, games and other cultural practices. Longitudinal studies of learning
trajectories are relevant as are analyses of contexts and interactional
patterns that hinder learning. The important point is that the relationships
between cultures, social interaction and learners (and teachers) are in focus.
The term 'interaction' includes forms of communication which
take place through technologies of various kinds (telephone, the Internet,
presentation technologies and so on). Interaction between people and artefacts,
insofar as they address learning, are also relevant. Thus, the focus is not
exclusively on face-to-face interaction. Also, issues of collective forms of
learning characterizing systematic change, institutional development and
communities of practice are central for the journal.
The journal is multidisciplinary and invites scholars from
relevant disciplines including psychology, anthropology, linguistics,
sociology, communication studies and all areas of educational research. Data
may come from ethnographies, experimental approaches, intervention studies,
case studies, interviews, questionnaires, self-reports, cross-cultural
comparisons, archives etc. Articles of different kinds will be welcome: reports
of empirical research, theoretically orientated analyses, contributions to
method, literature reviews, meta-analyses of research etc. There will be no
restrictions when it comes to age levels or social settings. A strong
expectation will be that authors write clearly and accessibly for an
international and multidisciplinary audience.
Source : http://www.journals.elsevier.com/learning-culture-and-social-interaction/
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