Over the last decade, technology has radically altered the way we live, work and communicate, yet many schools continue to follow the industrial age model of education established more than 100 years ...

Malcolm Knowles, considered to be one of the founders of adult learning theory, states in his book "The Adult Learner, A Neglected Species" that "Adults are motivated to devote energy to learn ...

In planning and guiding children's activities, practitioners must reflect on the different ways that children learn and reflect the characteristics of effective learning in their practice. Three ...

Learning Disability Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Summer, 1980), pp. 36-41 (6 pages) The "Test of Language Development" (Newcomer & Hammill, 1977) was administered to a purposive sample of early ...

In the 1990s, many of us were reading and discussing Peter Senge’s work on creating learning organizations. Senge defines them as “organizations where people continually expand their capacity to ...

The need to nurture a learning-friendly corporate culture cannot be over emphasized when considering today's marketplace. Individuals are not only faced with changing technology but with keeping the ...