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

Title
The management of independent learning / edited by Jo Tait, Peter Knight.
Publication
London : Kogan Page, 1996.

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Additional Authors
  • Tait, Jo.
  • Knight, Peter, 1950-
  • Staff and Educational Development Association
Description
xii, 164 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
Drawing upon analyses and case studies this book examines a variety of issues, setting them in the context of accounts of emerging practices. Particular attention is given to the promise of IT in supporting and fostering independent learning.
Series Statement
The staff and educational development series
Uniform Title
The staff and educational development series.
Subject
  • Independent study
  • Open learning
  • Continuing education > Administration
  • Education, Higher > Administration
Note
  • "Draw[s] upon analyses and case studies from England, Scotland and Australasia"--P. 1.
  • "Published in association with the Staff and Educational Development Association."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-161) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1. framework / Jo Tait and Peter Knight -- 2. quality graduate / Lee Harvey and Selena Mason -- 3. Independent study, independent studies and 'core skills' in higher education / Peter Knight -- 4. Do students value a flexible educational experience? / Hazel Knox -- 5. unexpected outcomes of critical professional learning / Sue Bloxham and Mike Heathfield -- 6. Learning from experience: an individually negotiated learning route / Peter Funnell and Sharon Goddard -- 7. Action-centred learning in industry / Richard Carter, Frank Cooke and Bob Neal -- 8. Information technology and flexible learning / Karen Valley, Chris Steeples and Patrick Hynes -- 9. Computers for teaching and learning / Gordon Doughty -- 10. Recent research on student learning and the learning environment / Noel Entwistle -- 11. Developing modes of independent study in a professional school / David Boud -- 12. First steps towards the virtual university / Richard Freeman, Suzanne Robertson and Michael Thorne -- 13. Change in two academic cultures / Jane Pearce, Ron Stewart, Phil Garrigan and Steve Ferguson -- 14. Student group work: a comparative study / William Johnston -- 15. development of a key competence / Peter Knight and Jo Tait.
ISBN
0749419490
LCCN
^^^96223088^
OCLC
  • 35197927
  • SCSB-10990220
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library