Manifesto for learning /

What makes people learn effectively? What can we do to promote more effective learning?Innumerable researchers have studied these important and urgent questions, yet their findings tend to be fragmentary and disparate. Now Janet Collins, Joe Harkin and Melanie Nind provide the big picture. Drawing o...

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Main Author: Collins, Janet
Other Authors: Harkin, Joe, Nind, Melanie
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Continuum, 2002
Series:Continuum studies in lifelong learning.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 What Is Our Understanding of Learning?; 2 Learning in Infancy
  • A Model For Life?; 3 How Can We Enhance Learning Through Relationships?; 4 Why Does Communication Break Down?; 5 Learner Perspectives
  • Why Start Here?; 6 Do Teachers'' Perspectives Matter?; 7 Collaborative Learning and Collaborative Teaching; 8 Collaborating in Learning Communities; 9 Talking about Communication; 10 A Manifesto for Learning; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y.