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DOI: 10.3102/0013189X08322683 2008 Wallace Foundation Distinguished Lecture—The Centrality of Culture to the Scientific Study of Learning and Development: How an Ecological Framework in Education Research Facilitates Civic ResponsibilityCAROL D. LEE is a professor of learning sciences at Northwestern University, School of Education and Social Policy and of African American Studies, Northwestern University, 2120 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208; cdlee{at}northwestern.edu. She is president-elect of the American Educational Research Association and a member of the National Academy of Education. Her research focuses on cultural supports for learning, with a specific focus on literacy This article was presented as the 2008 Wallace Foundation Distinguished Lecture at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association in New York City. It argues that, to generate robust and generative theories of human learning and development, researchers must address the range of diversity within human cultural communities. The argument is warranted on implications from brain science regarding human adaptability and on core findings with regard to relations between cognition, perceptions, and emotions, all influenced by broad ecological contexts that influence human functioning. Implications for education are discussed, with examples of research that address fundamental questions of learning through examinations of practices within communities of color.
Key Words: cognition and emotion • culture and cognition • diversity in education
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