This paper reports the findings of a small-scale study that documented the use of information technology for learning by a small group of postgraduate students. Our findings support current knowledge about characteristics displayed by effective e-learners, but also highlight a less researched but potentially important issue in developing…

This article examines how students enrolled in a university course focused on sociocultural influences and learning changed in their understanding of the relationship between sociocultural factors, teaching, and schooling over the duration of the semester. In this context, sociocultural factors refer to key social constructs such as race, class,…

This large mixed methods study investigated the effects of the introductory second language acquisition (SLA) course on the beliefs of pre-service teachers (n = 381) enrolled over a three-year period at a state university in California. Pre- to post-course paired sample t-tests that were run on 23 beliefs statements from a widely used survey…

This article discusses goals of health education that structured experiential learning can accomplish. (PD)

Article presented photography for beginners as an experiment in which learners enjoy the freedom to explore their creativity. (RK)

If freedom involves students in the uncoerced appropriation of knowledge, it also demands that students take personal responsibility in the pursuit and verification of knowledge to their own satisfaction. (CK)

Three experiments related to the study of behavioral science are discussed. (CK)

Four central questions that need answers if the process of curriculum development is to proceed are discussed. (DB)

The learning process of the young child is discussed. (CK)