Paul Hillsdon

• The New Economy's Impact on Learning
• The last decades of the 20th century saw countries around the world make the dramatic transition from closed, state-dominated, economies towards open, free-market, economies. This article explores the impact that the shift towards a more knowledge-based economy has had on Americans and, in particular, the implication for children’s learning. 
  (A paper by Terry Ryan)
  
  
  
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  Learning with the Grain of the Brain
• If young people are to be equipped effectively to meet the challenges of the 21st century it is surely prudent to seek out the very best understandings from current scientific research into the nature of how humans learn before considering further reform of the current system.
  
  This article by John Abbott and Terence Ryan appeared in the Spring, 1999 issue of Education Canada.
  
  
  
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  Constructing Knowledge, Reconstructing SchoolingRather than thinking of the brain as a computer, cognitive scientists now utilize a far more flexible, biological analogy, where the brain is seen as a unique, ever-changing organism that grows and reshapes itself in response to use. In this article, John Abbott and Terence Ryan discuss how emerging brain research that supports constructivist learning collides head-on with many of our institutional arrangements for learning. 
  The article first appeared in the November 1999 issue ofEducational Leadership.
  
  
  
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