Education + Training: Volume 48 Issue 2/3

Learning styles in education and training: problems, politicisation and potential

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a selection of papers from the 10th Annual European Learning Styles Information Network Conference.

Managerial intuition across cultures: beyond a “West‐East dichotomy”

Studies investigating intuition from a cultural and cross‐cultural perspective have a long tradition in various disciplines but, due to the increased internationalization of…

Students' questions: building a bridge between Kolb's learning styles and approaches to learning

The purpose of this study is to identify the types of questions that students ask during the learning of chemistry; discuss the role of students' questions in the process of…

Internationally‐educated health professionals: a distance education multiple cultures model

This paper aims to explore issues that must be addressed in post‐secondary educational planning and delivery such that social cultural factors within the learning environment are…

Using concept maps to reveal conceptual typologies

The purpose of this paper is to explain and develop a classification of cognitive structures (or typologies of thought), previously designated as spoke, chain and network thinking…

Constructing and maintaining an effective hypertext‐based learning environment: Web‐based learning and cognitive style

This paper aims to review the literature on the utility of employing the construct of cognitive style in understanding behaviour in web‐based learning environments.

Course experience, approaches to learning and academic achievement

The present study seeks to compare scores on factors from the Course Experience Questionnaire (CEQ) with scores on an abbreviated version of the Approaches and Study Skills…

Learning style and student self‐assessment skill

In the light of the growing emphasis on independent learning and non‐technical skills in education and employment, the study aims to examine the relevance of learning style to…

Unraveling learning, learning styles, learning strategies and meta‐cognition

The purpose of this paper is to explore the field of learning, learning style, meta‐cognition, strategies and teaching by classifying different levels of the learning process. The…

Six million benefit from LSC-funded education and training

Graduate employment: the class of ’99

International league tables “should be read with caution”

Risks to university science departments “need a response”

Minerva: 27 projects to get the best out of the new educational technologies

Euro-MPs see education as key to improving Europe’s competitiveness

ICT training “needs fundamental revision”

IT Skills for Successful Study

Employers to drive new skill academies

Student debts “push disadvantaged graduates towards lower-status jobs”

“Matchmakers” make learning accessible for the hard-to-reach

Erasmus networks cover almost 90 per cent of Europe’s universities

Young people feel they need better training in entrepreneurship

Commission selects 50 projects to share €100 million under Comenius

Teaching at University: A Guide for Postgraduates and Researchers