Describes the introduction of self- and peer-assessment into a literature module at a British university as augmentation to tutor assessment. Discusses the practical aspects (including training students), assessment outcomes, and reflections on the process by both students and tutor. Concludes that the use of self- and peer-assessment can yield…

Evaluated a teaching program designed to foster reflection on and development of more sophisticated epistemological beliefs among pre-service graduate teacher education students at Queensland University of Technology. Students reflected in journals on the content of an educational psychology unit in relation to their epistemological beliefs.…

Students in women's studies kept an unstructured diary recording events in their lives and learning and their reflections on these over a semester. Student writings indicated that they gained an ability to reflect in greater depth, and that life and learning did impact each other and sometimes initiated change. (EV)

Conducted small group discussions with college students to identify what helped or hindered achievement of learning outcomes. Identified four student factors (self management, motivation and needs, understanding, and support), which operate within a context (course organization, resources, and facilities; assessment; and learning activities and…

Examined the use of metaphors in lectures at a British university, and overseas students' interpretations of them. Found that metaphors were very prevalent and overseas students' interpretations differed significantly from lecturers'. The students often misunderstood the main points of the lecture and misinterpreted the lecturer's stance toward…

Describes how and why, after a supervisor's feedback prompted a Ph.D. thesis to be abandoned for over a year, writing resumed in a deliberately reflective style. Highlights parallels between the content of the thesis and the process of writing it. Describes how the experience of writing can be mapped against three models of ways of knowing. (EV)

Asserts that although outcomes-led rational curriculum planning offers one way of creating coherent curricula in higher education, it is a poor approach to adopt. Describes an alternative, process model of curriculum creation and discusses the advantages it can have as an approach to planning coherent learning programs. (EV)

Explores University of Technology, Sydney's process to transform its program in management of third sector organizations because of the profound social change caused by globalization. Analyzes the nature of the crisis, offers a rationale for the strategic action taken, and evaluates the first-phase implementation, including the politics of…

Examined the conceptions of learning held by second-year medical students in South Africa in relation to their academic achievement. Found that students with a good academic record expressed more transformative conceptions of learning than did their lower-achieving peers, who appeared to rely on memorization and recall. (EV)

Discusses the importance of developing young children's movement awareness, focusing on the components of movement awareness; comprehensive movement awareness categories (traveling, stabilizing, and manipulating actions); and movement concepts as the modifiers of the actions. The paper explains how to implement the "I Am Learning" movement…

Describes efforts to teach beginning teachers to lead discussions by involving them in, and helping them learn about, discussions. Efforts to teach with discussion were inconsequential when it came to teaching for discussion, where the subject matter was discussion itself (its worth, purposes, types, and procedures) and where case discussion was…

Compares a case where a Jewish museum educator engaged Catholic-school students in ordinary conversations about Jewish people and religion with the classroom teacher's traditional pedagogical approach, arguing that culturally specific museums are valid places for authentic learning. Observation and interview data indicated that the experimental…

Examined the role of classroom discipline in promoting student responsibility for the protection of learning and safety rights in Australian classrooms. Surveys indicated that students believed teachers reacted to classroom misbehavior by increasing their use of coercive discipline, which inhibited development of student responsibility and…

Examined the nature and accuracy of 4th-6th grade teachers' judgments about students' mathematics motivation. Teachers and students rated student motivation four times during the school year. Teachers' assessments of students' beliefs corresponded only modestly to students' self-assessments. Teachers' ratings were more stable across time and…

Interviewed Israeli teachers and students studying culturally valued texts, focusing on their respective conceptions of Bible studies. Students saw their encounter with the Bible as first and foremost a process of cultural encounter with the text. Teachers saw their role as one of imparting knowledge and one that was nearly devoid of any cultural…