Revisiting the Concept of “Natural Learning”

For most of my professional life, the concept of natural learning has intrigued me. For most of this time it seems to have been part of the education background, seemingly regarded by the profession as a somewhat romantic nonrigorous, nonscientific notion which should not be taken too seriously (Collier & Iran-Nejad, 1995). When asked to contribute a chapter for this volume, I considered it timely to ask these questions.