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Peer reviewedSmelser, Neil J. – American Behavioral Scientist, 1991
Explores conditions that facilitate or obstruct the internationalization of social science knowledge. Distinguishes among facets and types of knowledge and meanings of internationalization. Illustrates the international applicability of knowledge through examinations of classical economics and development theory. Identifies conflicting forces that…
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Criticism, Economics, Epistemology
Vasquez, Olga A. – Review of Research in Education, 2006
Scholars, practitioners, and laypeople at one time or another have questioned what learning is and how it can be measured once it is defined. Many use the term interchangeably with growth, change, development, knowledge, education, cognition, or acquisition as it is commonly considered in educational practice. However, most generally assume a…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Cultural Pluralism, Social Change, Intervention

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