教所不能教,学所不能学——访伦敦知识实验室主任理查德·诺斯教授

Learning the Unlearnable and Teaching the Unteachable:An Interview with Professor Richard Noss

理查德·诺斯教授(Professor Richard Noss)是伦敦知识实验室的主任,数学教育教授,获纯数学硕士学位和数学教育博士学位。同时,他还是英国数学及应用学会特邀会员、英国社会科学院院士、保加利亚数学家联盟外籍院士及奖章获得者、欧盟万花筒(Kaleidoscope)项目的共同创始人和科学执行经理(该项目是欧盟卓越网络计划"以技术增进学习"项目的一部分)、英国"以技术增进学习"研究项目主任、运用计算机辅助数学学习领域国际期刊主编、澳大利亚墨尔本大学教授级研究员等。他的研究领域主要集中于通过基于建构主义的计算机环境设计学习数学概念。理查德主持完成以技术增进学习、数学及在工作场所学习为主题的研究项目20多项。目前,他领导的MiGen项目旨在设计和应用智能学习环境支持11-14岁学生学习数学。伦敦知识实验室由伦敦大学教育研究院(Institute of Education)与柏贝克(Birkbeck)学院2004年合作组建①。研究人员分别来自于教育研究院文化、交流与媒体系以及柏贝克学院计算机科学与信息系。伦敦知识实验室旨在应对教育所面临的挑战,了解不断变化的学习、知识、媒体和技术之间的关系,力图设计能够持久影响人们学习、工作和沟通的系统。知识实验室的创建得益于英国政府资助的600万英镑科研投资基金。目前,该实验室有50多名研究人员。伦敦知识实验室是个独特的跨学科合作机构,汇聚了来自计算机科学和社会科学等领域的专家,希望由此能够提供崭新的学习方式系统。伦敦知识实验室开展的研究和教学活动,主要聚焦于运用数字技术进行教学和学习,范围覆盖中小学、高等学校、博物馆、社区以及在线等学习环境。研究领域包括学习、课程、测评和技术;界面、智能系统和个性化学习环境的设计和评估;游戏、在线社区和虚拟世界;数字媒体、文化和社会;数字技术和发展;工作场所的数字技术等。与计算机科学相关的研究包括信息检索、个性化、一体化、语义网络技术和分布式普适系统等。伦敦知识实验室提供从学位教师教育证书课程到硕士及博士层次的教学。本次访谈采用现场采访的形式进行,试图了解理查德.诺斯教授对技术增进学习领域的新进展和未来发展趋势的看法和思考。

Richard Noss is co-director of the London Knowledge Lab. He is Professor of Mathematics Education at Institute of Education, University of London, holding a Masters degree in pure mathematics and a PhD in mathemati- cal education. He is a fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, an Academician of the Academy of the Social Sciences and in 2011, was elected a Foreign Fellow of the Union of Bulgarian Mathematicians. He is, since 2012, a Professorial Fellow of the University of Melbourne, Australia. He was co-founder and deputy scientific manager of Kaleidoscope, the European network of excellence for technology enhanced learning, and is currently the director of the UK＇s Technology Enhanced Learning Research Programme. HIS research has focased on the design of constructionist computational environments for learning a range of ideas mostly mathematics-related. Richard has di- rected or co-directed over 20 research projects, all of which have focused on a mix of technology-enhanced learning, mathematics, and workplace learning. He currently directs the MiGen project, which is designing and implementing an intelligent learning environment for supporting 11-14 year-old students＂ learning of mathematical generalisation. The purpose of the interview is to display his viewpoints on the advancement and trends in technology-enhanced learn- ing, as well as the implications for the development of Open University in China.