Peace and conflict studies (PACS) higher education is a blossoming field. Literature (both conceptual and conjectural) and research (theoretical and empirical) has proliferated in recent decades. This paper details case findings from an ethnographic study with university-based PACS educators completed at one University of The United Nations in…

Reports reasoning skills of graduate nutrition students assessed on the basis of their performance on Piagetian-styled tests. Teaching strategies suggested by Piagetian theory resulted in significant gains in the use of more effective reasoning skills where as the traditional lecture-discussion format did not. Nutrition educational and training…

This study analyzed personal and collaborative reflective activities and their effect on the development of a graduate student as both a learner and a teacher. As a learner, the graduate student kept a reflective journal for 5 consecutive quarters (15 months). Collaboration with colleagues took place in both formal and informal settings and…

Findings from case studies of two second grade teachers who participated in an alternative Masters of Education program are reported. Each teacher entered the program with different educational philosophies and teaching practices. The studies traced the changes which emerged in the teachers' beliefs and practices. (IAH)