Discusses the value of both objectivity and connection (among college students, between students and teachers, and between students and their work) in various ways of knowing. Explores the nature of connection via studies of women's development. Explains how pedagogy can create contexts for students to learn to use both objectivity and connection.…

This summary chapter organizes recommendations from the first eight chapters of this journal issue into a framework that helps faculty understand and incorporate students' meaning-making into the learning process. Longitudinal data on young adults' learning and development are used to integrate multiple dimensions of development. (Author/DB)

Considers what psychology has to offer education and, more specifically, what developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, and the affiliated cognitive sciences have to offer to the preservice and continuing education of K-12 teachers. (EV)

The ten finalists for the Council for Advancement and Support of Education's annual Professor of the Year award give a variety of opinions about the most important ways students learn, stressing the multiplicity and diversity of individual learning strategies. (MSE)

A comparison of the acts and arts of teaching and loving suggests some similarities: that teaching is a revelation of the self more than it is the use of professorial postures, that authenticity is more important than authority, and that trust is essential. (MSE)

The Writing-across-the-Curriculum movement has been encouraging instructors in a wide range of disciplines to consider writing as a tool for learning. This chapter discusses why writing can be a powerful tool but also why the movement is having problems in implementation. (Author/MLW)

Issues of instructional effectiveness need to be examined at three levels: (1) the context in which instruction takes place and the rewards provided for teaching well; (2) comparison of teaching paradigms; and (3) the knowledge to be learned and the skills that are part of the learning process. (MSE)

Reviews recent research on student learning and motivation and applies conclusions to college instruction. Examines findings and instructional implications of the behaviorist model, the cognitive model, metacognition, learner-centered models, the unique learner, and motivation from a learning perspective. Concludes that the biggest variable in…

Self-evaluation is a learning strategy that can help college students, particularly nontraditional students, build coherence through their educational experiences. Faculty need to approach students' reflective, self-evaluative writing as learners, listening to what students say and using it as a guide to aid student development. (MSE)

Top issues in service learning research include how service learning enhances subject matter; defining expected outcomes; identifying the processes of effective service learning; faculty involvement; effect on educational institutions; institutional policies, practices supporting/enhancing service learning; nature of effective community…