Internet supported teacher education programs at the university are increasing, as is the need for qualified teachers in rural areas and inner cities. This study focused on the thinking styles of online learners in a post baccalaureate teacher education program. In order to more effectively meet students individual learning needs, 184 students were asked to take the Sternberg-Wagner Thinking Styles Inventory. Additionally, an initial marker of potential academic success-first semester grades-were analyzed in relationship to student thinking styles as categorized by the Sternberg-Wagner Thinking Styles Inventory. Are there dominant thinking styles present in the analysis of Sternberg-Wagner Thinking styles in student population of a post baccalaureate teacher preparation program? A cluster of thinking styles was not found in the survey results. The findings led to the conclusion that all thinking styles profiles must be considered in instructional systems design to ensure student learning is maximized.

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As part of a multi-year project within a network of Cambodian Christian schools, researchers facilitated training with the purpose of strengthening learner-centered education. To support teachers to grow beyond previous training, leaders ensured that the structure of the training was carefully aligned with intended outcomes. Informed by questionnaires that measured teacher confidence with varied tasks, and also by teacher feedback, researchers found evidence that it was helpful that the training was delivered in a manner consistent with principles of servant leadership and that it actually modeled learner-centered education so that teachers could integrate new pedagogies into their own classroom.

This chapter defines optimum conditions to minimize potato tuber dehydration and prevent sprouting over the period in a store and suggests various strategies to achieve these conditions. Topics covered include: how tubers create their own, largely beneficial, microclimate; crop temperature differences caused by tuber respiration; how sealed, insulated buildings provide optimum storage conditions; the need for within-store air recirculation; the use of ventilation with ambient air to cool potatoes; how potatoes cool; causes of condensation on the crop and the building structure; storage systems for different climatic zones; stores open to ambient air; assessment of different storage systems; dormancy duration at different storage temperatures; and specific requirements for pre-pack, processing and seed storage.