Although the connections between learning and identity are acknowledged in most contexts (e.g., family, community, and workplace), these issues are oddly divorced in schools, a curious bifurcation given schools' developmental agenda. This situation is suggested to have emerged from a Western folk-view in which the cognitive act of learning is seen…

This document sets out for consultation proposals for a revised method for quality assurance of teaching and learning in higher education. The proposals cover: (1) the objectives and principles of quality assurance; (2) an approach to quality assurance based on external audit principles; (3) the collection and publication of information; (4)…

This book is a guide to staying focused on teaching and learning in the context of standards-based reforms. The aim is to make sense of the complex issues involved, explain the various perspectives, separate the useful from the harmful, and offer suggestions on how to proceed. The chapters are: (1) "What Gets in the Way of Important Learning:…

A cognitive theory of interest is proposed and tested that will allow for predicting the degree to which any informational environment is perceived as interesting. This theory is the knowledge-schema theory of cognitive interest (KST) (A. Yarlas, 1998). The KST states that when learning is produced by information in an environment through either…

This book is a guide to collaborative analysis of student learning (CASL). Developed and refined with more than 1200 elementary and secondary teachers, this system combines the best of action research, study groups, standards-based learning, student assessment, teacher reflection, and portfolio assessment. This system of professional inquiry helps…

The CRitical Issue Bibliography (CRIB) Sheet describes resources concerned with creating a multicultural environment in higher education. Creating a multicultural environment is a combination of recruitment, retention, climate issues, pedagogy and curriculum, organizational values, culture and structure, and faculty and staff development. This…

The purpose of this study was to examine the following questions: a) what practices, if any, develop in the elementary science classroom to nurture development of technology as an imaginative extension of the learning environment; (b) how does an elementary teacher's practice change as technology is integrated into her/his science curriculum? How…

This paper describes the design of a major development and research project within the Teaching and Learning Research Programme in the United Kingdom. It outlines the project's aims to enhance teaching and learning in schools through innovative practice at classroom and school level and through networking. It describes the assumptions and…

This paper describes a questionnaire for exploring university students' approaches to learning statistics and investigates the approaches of more than 200 psychology students studying statistics. The Approaches to Learning Questionnaire (ALSQ) consists of two scales indicating deep and surface approaches to learning respectively. Three underlying…

The philosophical anthropology of John Dewey supported his organic picture of democratic life. This paper examines how Dewey's philosophical anthropology informed his conception of the educational environment, with emphasis on Dewey's understanding of how teachers can influence students through the intermediary of the environment. All teaching,…

This paper develops a framework for understanding a reformed view of assessment, in which assessment plays an integral role in teaching and learning. The proposed model is consistent with current assessment reforms being advanced across many disciplines. Three background sections of the report describe: (1) curriculum and psychological theories…

This paper provides a conceptual framework for a symposium on "Overcoming the Underdevelopment of Learning." Learning is an underdeveloped concept. School-based learning is, in many parts of the world, still based on the assumption that human intervention in the world is linear and that preparation for life is more important than preparation for…

This book presents information to help teachers turn research on brain function into practical classroom activities and lessons, offering: brain facts; information on how the brain processes information; tips on maximizing retention; an information processing model that reflects new terminology regarding the memory systems; new research on how the…

The Economic Development Institute of the World Bank (EDI) conducts extensive training events for a variety of audiences throughout the world. Over the years, EDI has used several types of instruments to evaluate these events. Drawing lessons from these experiences, this paper presents a "hierarchy" of training evaluation designs. These…

Article concerned itself with what constitutes a humane school, the characteristics of a school's learning activities, a description of necessary instructional conditions, and how a school organization can maintain efficiency and accountability in its learning program and still be centrally concerned with people. (Author/RK)