Discusses the use of mental models to build bridges between three models of instructional design that are described and thus provide a more powerful foundation: one that stresses learning outcomes in knowledge structures; one that focuses on learning processes; and one that focuses on real-life task performance and strategies for authentic…

The example of the formation of a learning community in a Yukon Island retreat center demonstrates the influence of context and the importance of community building. Organic learning occurs through the synthesis of the natural environment, the community, and the learning process. (SK)

Introduces articles in this issue, which examine the ways in which teachers and students have come to use reflection as part of the learning process. Reflection, as a category in Kolb's experiential learning cycle, is the tenth core practice in the Foxfire approach to experiential learning. Reflection is "...some conscious, thoughtful time to…

Argues that, by urging students to recognize their powerlessness and transform the structures of power governing their experiences, teachers can lead them to the awareness that they can determine their own educational lives. Discusses the author's experiences with encouraging educational literacy in a series of composition courses for the…

Examines problems of existing courseware authoring systems and suggests the use of knowledge-based techniques. A prototype knowledge-based representation language called GTE (Generic Tutoring Environment) is described that could form the basis of a full authoring environment, including generic tasks and instructional methods, domain knowledge, and…

Considers aspects of knowledge management that have the potential to enhance human-performance-technology research and practice. Topics include intellectual capital; learning organization versus organizational learning; the importance of epistemology; the relationship of knowledge, learning, and performance; knowledge creation; socio-technical…

Discusses the use of electronic mail in classrooms and describes "Boardwalk," a messaging system that supports the creation and posting of media-rich messages and graphic displays of the messages. Topics include collaborative inquiry-learning, technology to support collaborative inquiry, visual representations for dialog, and structuring…

Discusses the challenges, the fears and the rewards encountered by the parent of a disabled child as that child enters the mainstream schooling system. (NH)

Describes an open distributed multi-agent tutoring system (MATS) and discusses issues related to learning in such open environments. Topics include modeling a one student-many teachers approach in a computer-based learning context; distributed artificial intelligence; implementation issues; collaboration; and user interaction. (Author/LRW)

Addresses why seemingly normal students sometimes fail to learn to read. Suggests five reasons for this dilemma. Reports the results of applying to the author's theory a principle first espoused by William of Ockham some 700 years ago. Supports the notion that this theory is robust enough to explain both the successful and unsuccessful learning of…

A workshop examined facilitated case history discussions as a means whereby teams could share their learning around a common focus. Facilitation enabled interactive, interprofessional education through an informal form of discourse analysis of the transcripts of the case discussions. (Contains 20 references.) (Author/JOW)

Reports on an Association for Science Education (ASE) council meeting focusing on matters of learning, pedagogy, curriculum, professional development, and the role of ASE. (YDS)

This paper advances a framework for architecting usability properties in the e-learning instructional design process. To understand the framework for architecting usability properties into the e-learning instructional design process, the following have been defined: instructional design process, e-learning instructional design process, usability…

Within educational psychology, as in other professions, there is a pervasive view of supervision as a one-way learning process, with knowledge and skills being passed from supervisor to supervisee in a linear fashion. It is proposed that we need to shift our perspective in order to acknowledge the rich learning opportunities for both participants…

The current cacophony of philosophical discourses on ethics and education includes poststructural, postcolonial, and psychoanalytic frameworks. Within these multiple frameworks are critical insights regarding how someone might theorize and practice ethical relations in pedagogical encounters. Such frameworks assume that educational environs are…