This paper inquires analytically about the connotative meaning of the terms poverty and learning as they function in the language of comparative education research. In the analysis of concepts, the analytical techniques used are the techniques of definition, explication, illustration, and substitution. Four conceptions of the term learning and…

The educological perspective treats the educational process as a dependent variable and other factors or processes as independent variables. Educological inquiry can be of at least three kinds, depending on the logic of inquiry implied by the questions which are posed in the inquiry: analytic, normative, or empirical. Successful educological…

Among the conditions necessary for learning to occur within the educational process are those of intentionality and guidance. A learner must necessarily be allowed choice in entering into educational transactions. Autonomy on the part of the learner in the educational process is not an option, but a necessary condition for the proper functioning…