By Matusov, Eugene DePalma, Renee; Drye, Stephanie ABSTRACT. The concept of development is currently under revision in education and psychology. In this essay, Eugene Matusov, Renee DePalma, and Stephanie Drye examine a traditional notion of development and provide an alternative sociocultural view.

By Donath, Lori; Spray, Roxanne; Thompson, Nancy S; Alford, Elisabeth M; Et al ABSTRACT Engineering education increasingly incorporates pedagogies that promote guided, inquiry-based, active learning within authentic "communities of practice".

When Kerry Liberman enrolled her 3-year-old son at a Virginia preschool, she got something she hadn't bargained for: some heavy academic pressure. Teachers right away asked whether he could write his name yet. He had been developing well and Ms. Liberman hadn't had any concerns - until then.

A small, but perhaps not so unusual, miracle is happening in one of the poorest elementary schools in Charleston County, South Carolina.