An international consensus seems to have developed in educational research--and among educational planners and policymakers--during the last 10-15 years proclaiming that learning is, and must be, a visible phenomenon. This paper questions this predominant view and serves an assemblage of points offering educational scientists at least four…

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to show how entrepreneurship education focuses on the teacher's learning and reflection and how, according to the data, undeveloped reflections impede the development of entrepreneurship education. Design/methodology/approach: The data were collected through content typing in 2008 from 29 teachers at the basic,…

The purpose of the present study was to investigate instructional objectives as orienting stimuli and their effects upon distinct types of learning. (Author)

Accountability and evidence-based decision-making have become the mantra of government policymakers, and even private foundations. Yet most attempts to foster cultures of evidence have not brought about change in practices, notably because they are treated as management tools rather than learning processes. Equity for All is an approach to…

This study investigated the relationship between students' prior learning (knowledge in a content area) and their level of achievement on criterial tests measuring different educational objectives when receiving instruction via programmed booklets complemented by visuals possessing varying degrees of realistic detail. (Author/RK)

Authors described how the arrangement of physical space in an open education setting could facilitate the accomplishment of the teacher's instructional goals. They stressed the process of planning in the physical realization of theoretical assumptions about learning and offered concrete examples to support their thesis. (Editor/RK)

Article described an innovative program, recently developed into a permanent department at Triton College, which stirred student motivation and learning experience. (Author/RK)

Author makes the point that there is a need for a comparative perspective with which to develop and refine effective prescriptions in education. He suggests that comparative education can provide for this need. (Author/RK)

The creative-aesthetic approach to educational stimulation accelerates the development of question-asking skills, of the 5-year olds tested, more than the traditional kindergarten approach. (Author/MF)

Author sees a bleak future for the under-fives in the wake of cuts in the nursery programme. (Editor/RK)

Discusses some aspects of science history and educational theory to support the idea that concept learning is the most important objective in the design of effective biology instruction. (MLH)

Examines whether observers perceptions differ if they were informed of the proximal instructional goals than if they were not informed. Classifies music education majors written statements (n=120) after viewing one of three randomly assigned stimulus tapes. Found non-informed subjects wrote more teacher-directed, inferential, and positive…

Claims many changes in education are based on political agendas and popular educational philosophies rather than solid research findings. Suggests reform would benefit from the kind of practitioner/researcher relationship that operates in other fields such as agriculture and medicine. Provides guidelines for effective research. (NH)

Presented is a study to investigate the usefulness of autobiographies of scholars, artists and scientists as instructional resources for general education objectives. A theoretical discussion in which a rationale for the usefulness of autobiographical materials in general education was developed. This led to the formulation of a Schema of General…