Bruce D. Homer

Biography

Dr. Homer is an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology (Learning, Development & Instruction Sub-Program) and Training Director for the Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Research Training program at the Graduate Center. His research examines children’s acquisition and use of “cultural tools” that store and transmit knowledge (e.g., language, literacy, and information technologies), and how the acquisition of these tools transforms cognitive development and learning. Of particular interest is how development and learning affect symbolic abilities. Recently, Dr. Homer has also begun to investigate the underlying biological structures involved in the representation of knowledge as part of an ongoing effort to identify ways in which biological, cognitive and cultural factors interact to shape development and learning.

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