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The management of independent learning / edited by Jo Tait, Peter Knight.

Contributor(s): Tait, Jo | Knight, Peter, 1950- | Staff and Educational Development Association.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Staff and educational development series: Publisher: London : Kogan Page, 1996Description: xii, 164 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0749419490.Subject(s): Independent study | Open learning | Continuing education -- Administration | Education, Higher -- AdministrationDDC classification: 374.13943
Contents:
A framework / Jo Tait and Peter Knight -- A quality graduate / Lee Harvey and Selena Mason -- Independent study, independent studies and 'core skills' in higher education / Peter Knight -- Do students value a flexible educational experience? / Hazel Knox -- The unexpected outcomes of critical professional learning / Sue Bloxham and Mike Heathfield -- Learning from experience: an individually negotiated learning route / Peter Funnell and Sharon Goddard -- Action-centred learning in industry / Richard Carter, Frank Cooke and Bob Neal -- Information technology and flexible learning / Karen Valley, Chris Steeples and Patrick Hynes -- Computers for teaching and learning / Gordon Doughty -- Recent research on student learning and the learning environment / Noel Entwistle -- Developing modes of independent study in a professional school / David Boud -- First steps towards the virtual university / Richard Freeman, Suzanne Robertson and Michael Thorne -- Change in two academic cultures / Jane Pearce, Ron Stewart, Phil Garrigan and Steve Ferguson -- Student group work: a comparative study / William Johnston -- The development of a key competence / Peter Knight and Jo Tait.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 374.13943 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00014828
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This work focuses on the competences associated with self-motivated life-long learners who are accustomed to working with autonomy, and provides models for exploring ways to develop competences in a changing world.

"Draw[s] upon analyses and case studies from England, Scotland and Australasia"--P. 1.

"Published in association with the Staff and Educational Development Association.".

Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-161) and index.

A framework / Jo Tait and Peter Knight -- A quality graduate / Lee Harvey and Selena Mason -- Independent study, independent studies and 'core skills' in higher education / Peter Knight -- Do students value a flexible educational experience? / Hazel Knox -- The unexpected outcomes of critical professional learning / Sue Bloxham and Mike Heathfield -- Learning from experience: an individually negotiated learning route / Peter Funnell and Sharon Goddard -- Action-centred learning in industry / Richard Carter, Frank Cooke and Bob Neal -- Information technology and flexible learning / Karen Valley, Chris Steeples and Patrick Hynes -- Computers for teaching and learning / Gordon Doughty -- Recent research on student learning and the learning environment / Noel Entwistle -- Developing modes of independent study in a professional school / David Boud -- First steps towards the virtual university / Richard Freeman, Suzanne Robertson and Michael Thorne -- Change in two academic cultures / Jane Pearce, Ron Stewart, Phil Garrigan and Steve Ferguson -- Student group work: a comparative study / William Johnston -- The development of a key competence / Peter Knight and Jo Tait.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • A quality graduate
  • Independent study, independent studies and "core skills" in higher education
  • Do students value a flexible educational experience
  • The unexpected outcomes of critical professional learning
  • Learning from experience
  • Action-centred learning in industry;information technology and flexible learning
  • Computers for teaching and learning
  • Recent research on student learning and the learning environment
  • Developing modes of independent study in a professional school
  • First steps towards the virtual university
  • Change into two academic cultures
  • Student group work

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