Kurt W. Fischer

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Kurt W. Fischer
Born(1943-06-09)9 June 1943
Baltimore, Maryland
Alma materHarvard University
Known fordynamic skill theory, a Neo-Piagetian theory of cognitive development
Scientific career
FieldsSociology
Cognitive Psychology
Developmental psychology
InstitutionsUniversity of Denver
Harvard University

Kurt W. Fischer is Charles Bigelow Professor of Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education.[1] Fischer studies cognitive and emotional development and learning.[2] His work, called dynamic skill theory,[3] is considered to be one of the Neo-Piagetian theories of cognitive development. It offers an explanation for both consistency and variability in developmental patterns.[4]

His current focus has been on the field of Mind, Brain, and Education (or educational neuroscience). He is the founding president of the International Mind, Brain, and Education Society[5] and founding editor of the journal Mind, Brain, and Education.[6]

Notable publications

  • Fischer, K. W. (1980). A theory of cognitive development: The control and construction of hierarchies of skills. Psychological Review, 87, 477-531.
  • Fischer, K. W., Shaver, P., & Carnchan, P. (1989). A skill approach to emotional development: From basic- to subordinate-category emotions. In W. Damon (Ed.), Child development today and tomorrow (pp. 107–136). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
  • Fischer, K. W., & Rose, S. P. (1994). Dynamic development of coordination of components in brain and behavior: A framework for theory and research. In G. Dawson & K. W. Fischer (Eds.), Human behavior and the developing brain. (pp. 3–66). New York: Guilford Press.
  • Fischer, K. W., Ayoub, C., Singh, I., Noam, G., Maraganore, A., & Raya, P. (1997). Psychopathology as adaptive development along distinctive pathways. Development & Psychopathology, 9, 749-779.
  • Fischer, K. W., & Bidell, T. R. (2006). Dynamic development of action, thought, and emotion. In R. M. Lerner (Ed.), Handbook of child psychology. Vol 1: Theoretical models of human development(6th ed., pp. 313–399 ). New York: Wiley.
  • Fischer, K. W., Daniel, D., Immordino-Yang, M. H., Stern, E., Battro, A., & Koizumi, H.. (2007) Why Mind, Brain, and Education? Why Now? Mind, Brain, and Education, 1(1), 1-2.
  • Fischer, K. W., & Fusaro, M. (2007). Using student interests to motivate learning. In R. P. Fink & J. Samuels (Eds.), Inspiring success: Reading interest and motivation in an age of high-stakes testing (pp. 62–74). Newark DE: International Reading Association.
  • Fischer, K. W., Bernstein, J. H., & Immordino-Yang, M. H. (Eds.). (2007) Mind, brain, and education in reading disorders. Cambridge U.K.: Cambridge University Press.
  • Battro, A.M., Fischer, K.W., & Lena, P. (2008). (Eds.) Visual learning and the brain: Lessons from dyslexia. Mind, Brain, and Education, 1(3), 127-137.
  • Fischer, K.W., & Immordino-Yang, M.H. (2008) The fundamental importance of the brain and learning for education. In Jossey-Bass reader on the brain and learning (pp. xvii-xi). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
  • Stein, Z., Dawson, T., & Fischer, K. W. (2010 ). Redesigning testing: Operationalizing the new science of learning. In M. S. Khine & I. M. Saleh (Eds.), New Science of Learning: Cognition, Computers and Collaboration in Education (pp. 207–224). New York: Springer.
  • Fischer, K. W., & Heikkinen, K. (2010). The future of educational neuroscience. In D. A. Sousa (Ed.), Mind, brain, and education: Neuroscience implications for the classroom (pp. 248–269). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree.

References

  1. ^ Bucuvalas, Abigail (October 1, 2003). "The Developing Child: An Interview with Bigelow Professor Kurt Fischer". HGSE News. Retrieved January 5, 2012. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ Fischer, K. W., & Heikkinen, K. (2010). The future of educational neuroscience. In D. A. Sousa (Ed.), Mind, brain, and education: Neuroscience implications for the classroom (pp. 248–269). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree.
  3. ^ Dynamic Development Laboratory. "About Dr. Kurt Fischer". Retrieved January 5, 2012. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  4. ^ Donna Coch (July 3, 1996). "Order in Chaos: GSE professor Fischer explores human development". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved January 5, 2012.
  5. ^ Harvard Graduate School of Education. "Faculty biography". Retrieved January 5, 2012. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  6. ^ "Website for Mind, Brain, Education journal". Wiley InterScience. Retrieved January 5, 2012. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)


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