PROS AND CONS CONCERNING THE NEW LEARNING-THEORIES AS A FOUNDATION OFEDUCATIONAL-RESEARCH

''New'' learning theories in an educational psychological context post ulate various forms of school-based knowledge acquisition that bear th e characteristics of being self-motivated, active, constructive, conte xtuated, developmentally adequate, self-directed and cooperative. Thes e more or less empirically confirmed psychological postulates are view ed to have the educational consequences of the de-schooling of classro om learning as well as de-functionalizing teachers. These partly theor etical and partly fashion-led trends are critically discussed and eval uated in terms of both their scientific and their practical value.