Susan Yoon, a professor in the teaching, learning and leadership division of Penn GSE, has been inducted as a 2019 Fellow of the International Society of the Learning Sciences. The ISLS Fellows program recognizes highly accomplished scholars who have made major contributions to the field of the Learning Sciences since its inception nearly three decades ago.

Dr. Yoon’s research uses multiple theoretical lenses to study learning and interaction in designed interventions. She studies how student and teacher populations can improve understanding and instruction about complex systems in middle and high school science courses. She also examines educational system affordances and constraints (e.g., teacher learning trajectories, professional development, school-level contextual factors) that enable or impede adoption of progressive learning tools and approaches.