Aimed at those educators who wish to make their practice more consistent with progressive educational principles, namely helping learners to take greater control over planning and managing their own learning. The book contains a balance of theory and practical suggestions.
Implementing new teaching practices can feel like juggling. This book shows you how to balance standards-based learning, social-emotional learning, and cognitive development and build realistic plans for success.
Drawing on a decade of research, adventures, and interviews conducted by Blake Boles (author of College Without High School and Better Than College), this book will inspire you to craft your own unconventional education, no matter whether ...
It is further recommended that learners should be exposed to a variety of learning conditions that include a variety of problems and solutions, to be practised in random order (Halpern & Hakel 2003; Van Merriƫnboer et al ...
Heutagogy, or self-determined learning, redefines how we understand learning and provides some exciting opportunities for educators.
The Self-Directed Learning Handbook presents a comprehensive, practical framework for introducing self-directed learning approaches in the classroom, showing educators how to: Translate conventional curricula into discrete outcomes allowing ...
This book includes many techniques for designing a learning environment of mutual trust between learner and facilitator (the teacher), diagnosing needs, and evaluating programs.
This volume focuses on assessing students' abilities as self-directed learners. The authors use 'triangulation' to ensure that the assessment system is balanced and complete.
Featuring topics such as andragogy, learning analytics, and educational technologies, this book is geared toward adult educators, administrators, principals, professors, human resource managers, educational professionals, and researchers ...
This is a must read text for anyone who believes that education should equip learners to fully embrace the challenges and opportunities of life and learning in the contemporary world.
"This book fills the gap between theory-laden academic books designed to help academic faculty incorporate self-directed learning activities into their courses and the self-help books designed to help motivate individuals to learn new ...