ABSTRACT
Most of us take the process of learning for granted since it is something that we have been doing for all of our lives. What do we really mean by the word learning? The teachers in the vignette above expressed different ideas about what constitutes learning and about what happens when learning takes place. Some teachers make the assumption that because they are teaching, their students will automatically learn. Others set benchmarks in order to recognize certain behaviors when they occur-the assumption being that the behaviors are indicators of learning. That these teachers had different ideas about learning is not uncommon. In fact, if you were able to compare your answers to the reflection task above with a partner, it is likely that your views about learning and about how these teachers constructed their notions of learning were different.
