Using Learning Contracts - Practical Approaches to Individualizing and Structuring Learning

A practical, proven method for engaging adult learners
Adding accountability to the learning process has been shown to engage students more deeply and get them invested in their own outcomes.

Sommario

PrefaceThe Author
Part One: Understandng Contract Learning
1. The Contract Learning Experience
2. How Contract Learing Evolved and How It Works
3. Introducing Contract Learning in an Organization orProgram
Part Two: Developing and Using Learning Contracts in VariousSettings
4. IndepAndent Study
5. Academic Classrooms
6. Clinical Courses, Graduate Assistantships, and Internships
7. Professional and Management Development
8. Degree Programs
9. Practical Hints in Achieving Success with ContractLearning
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Info autore

Malcolm Shepherd Knowles was an American adult educator, famous for the adoption of the theory of andragogy-initially a term coined by the German teacher Alexander Kapp.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Knowles, Malcolm S Knowles, Malcolm S. Knowles, Ms Knowles, Knowles Malcolm S.
• Editore: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 25.09.1986
• EAN: 9781555420161
• ISBN: 978-1-55542-016-1
• Pagine: 284
• Serie: Jossey-Bass Higher Education S
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Corsi per adulti; EDUCATION / Administration / General, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, Teaching skills and techniques, Teaching skills & techniques, EDUCATION / Teaching / Methods & Strategies