Timothy Koschmann

{{Short description|American social scientist}}

{{Infobox scientist

| fields = {{hlist | Learning Sciences }}

| name = Timothy Koschmann

| image = Timothy Koschmann.jpg

| alt = Timothy Koschmann

| birth_date = {{birth date|1950|09|12}}

| birth_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US

| spouse = Barbara Gross

| children = 3

| known_for = CSCL: Theory and Practice of an Emerging Paradigm

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Timothy Koschmann is an Emeritus Professor of Medical Education at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.{{Cite web |title=Timothy Koschmann {{!}} Southern Illinois University School of Medicine - Academia.edu |url=https://siumed.academia.edu/tdk/Books |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=siumed.academia.edu}} His works are particularly concerned with ethnomethodological approaches in education.{{Cite web |title=Timothy Koschmann |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YaaGqfIAAAAJ&hl=en |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=scholar.google.com}}

He studied philosophy at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (B.A., 1968-1972), experimental psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (M.S., 1976-1980), and computer science at Illinois Institute of Technology (Ph.D., 1982-1987){{Cite web |date=2019-10-27 |title=Timothy Koschmann {{!}} SIU School of Medicine |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027235754/https://www.siumed.edu/dme/faculty/timothy-koschmann.html |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=web.archive.org}}

He was one of the founders of the International Society of the Learning Sciences{{Cite web |title=About ISLS |url=https://www.isls.org/about/ |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=ISLS |language=en-US}} and an associate editor of The Journal of the Learning Sciences from 1999-2001.{{Cite journal |last1=Koschmann |first1=Timothy |last2=Kolodner |first2=Janet L. |date=1997 |title=Technology and Educational Reform |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1466778 |journal=The Journal of the Learning Sciences |volume=6 |issue=4 |pages=397–400 |doi=10.1207/s15327809jls0604_3 |jstor=1466778 |issn=1050-8406|url-access=subscription }}

He was the subject of a PBS documentary titled The Interaction Cowboy (2023).{{Cite web |date=2024-03-05 |title=The 'Interaction Cowboy' Tim Koschmann shares his path to Ethnomethodology research at SIU School of Medicine |url=https://www.nprillinois.org/arts-life/2024-03-05/the-interaction-cowboy-tim-koschmann-shares-his-path-to-ethnomethodology-research-at-siu-school-of-medicine |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=NPR Illinois |language=en}}

Awards

  • Inaugural Fellow, International Society for the Learning Sciences, 2017.{{Cite web |title=ISLS Fellows |url=https://www.isls.org/about/isls-fellows/ |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=ISLS |language=en-US}}
  • Doctorate honoris causa, Faculty of Education, Götesborgs universitet, 2013.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-11 |title=Honorary Doctors {{!}} University of Gothenburg |url=https://www.gu.se/en/learning-leadership-health/our-research/honorary-doctors |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=www.gu.se |language=en}}
  • Outstanding Scholar Award, SIU School of Medicine, 2010.
  • Spencer Post-Doctoral Fellow, National Academy of Education, 1993-1995.{{Cite web |title=Timothy Koschmann |url=https://naeducation.org/awardee/timothy-koschmann/ |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=National Academy of Education |language=en-US}}

Selected bibliography

= Books =

  • Koschmann, T. (Ed.) (2011). Theories of learning and studies of instructional practice. New York: Springer.{{Cite web |title=Theories of Learning and Studies of Instructional Practice (Explorations in the Learning Sciences, Instructional Systems and Performance Technologies, 1): 9781441975812 - AbeBooks |url=https://www.abebooks.com/9781441975812/Theories-Learning-Studies-Instructional-Practice-1441975810/plp |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=www.abebooks.com |language=en}}
  • Koschmann, T., Hall, R., & Miyake, N. (Eds.)(2002). CSCL 2: Carrying forward the conversation.{{Cite web |title=Cscl 2: Carrying Forward the Conversation |url=https://www.routledge.com/Cscl-2-Carrying-Forward-the-Conversation/Koschmann-Hall-Miyake/p/book/9780805835014?srsltid=AfmBOoq67QhPi5XTIi_FBXOyGD109JK7MsQcIY8A_EYPDyG3MrdH1r3l |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=Routledge & CRC Press |language=en}}
  • Koschmann, T. (Ed.)(1996). CSCL: Theory and practice of an emerging paradigm. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.{{Cite web |title=Cscl: Theory and Practice of An Emerging Paradigm |url=https://www.routledge.com/Cscl-Theory-and-Practice-of-An-Emerging-Paradigm/Koschmann/p/book/9780805813463?srsltid=AfmBOopuyRXFF1D7NOpy1-Ys-pLMDgsoy0TQOsWoBVq-7cxfVwBHS_4A |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=Routledge & CRC Press |language=en}}
  • Koschmann, T. (1990). The Common Lisp companion. New York: John Wiley & Sons.{{Cite web |title=The Common LISP Companion - Koschmann, Timothy D.: 9780471503088 - AbeBooks |url=https://www.abebooks.com/9780471503088/Common-LISP-Companion-Koschmann-Timothy-0471503088/plp |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=www.abebooks.com |language=en}}

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