Discusses the links between emotional development and pretend play in young children using basic foundations of psychoanalytic and learning theories. Explains emotional development and pretend play through interactive levels of expression, control and modeling of emotion, and emotional intelligence. (JPB)

Discusses the relationship between learning theories and teaching methodology (particularly in physical education) from the perspective of the researcher and the teacher, focusing on: the learning roots of teaching theories; learner engagement and cognitive processing; how much information the learner needs about content; the size of the chunk of…

Demonstrates that connectionist models described in "Rethinking Innateness" (Elman, et al., 1996) depend on innately assumed representations and do not offer a genuine alternative to nativism. Presents simulation results showing that the models are incapable of deriving genuine abstract representations that are not presupposed. Maintains…

Discusses the factors that have determined the author's approach to writing medical physiology textbooks. Reviews the author's career and the events surrounding the development of each textbook. Explains the motivation behind critical decisions made during the authoring process. (DDR)

Analyzes two classroom episodes using a classroom mathematical practice together with students' diverse ways of contributing to its continual regeneration as the unit of analysis. Asserts that a classroom mathematical practice is composed of three interrelated types of norms: a normative purpose, normative standards of argumentation, and normative…

Three studies involved kindergartners in a categorization task with an adult in collaborative and noncollaborative conditions; tested subjects on memory of who had performed which actions; and asked them to recategorize items independently. Results suggested that one process contributing to children's internalization of knowledge may involve…

To support research indicating individuals with autism lack a theory of mind, an instructional videotape was created to make explicit principles and signs associated with belief-desire psychology that most children learn implicitly. Offered the videotape to children with autism to stimulate interest in other people, teach the analogy that thoughts…

Discusses distance education and the need for an accepted theory. Highlights include theories of independent study; theory of industrialization of teaching; theory of interaction and communication; and equivalency theory that is based on local control, personalized instruction, and telecommunications. (LRW)

A South African university's community development program attempted to integrate Checkland's soft-systems method into Kolb's learning-cycle theory. Evaluation revealed shortcomings in the curriculum design, including the assumption of learner autonomy, necessity of assessing students individually, and difficulty of allowing learners to construct…

Defines the conceptualization of evidence-based learning as a framework to support curriculum innovation. Proposes implementing an intrinsically motivating touching/learning format as a means of managing change in instructional design and educational outcome. (Author/CCM)

Describes a new competency-based curriculum and discusses the planning, structure, and implementation of this curriculum at Brown University School of Medicine. (Author/CCM)

Examines the different learning styles found in western lecturers and Omani students in science lectures in the Sultanate of Oman. (Author/CCM)

Reviews the results of an in-depth investigation of research on learning in children's museum settings. Focuses on how young children aged 4 and 5 engage with exhibits and how this might lead to learning. The investigation yielded not-very-surprising findings and some coding categories that may be useful to museum researchers and designers. (PVD)

This article proposes that teacher education programs be developed to promote social justice and accountability. Teacher educators must prepare teachers by (a) inspiring them with experiences of schools and classrooms where the achievement gap is disappearing, (b) preparing them to use curriculum standards and assessments, as well as multiple…

Discussions of learning in practice and in workplaces have been carried out within the various theories of learning. More recent discussions have unveiled the complexity inherent in learning in workplaces by acknowledging the presence of power relations in practice. However, the discussions fall short of an analysis on another more paramount power…