Learning as a Way of Being

Training & Development;  November 1, 1996 ;     629 words ...LEARNING AS A WAY OF BEING Somewhere along his 30-year career path as an educator, Peter Vaill realized that...crossed his mind--and others'--before, it was in the mid-1980s when he began to formulate the ideas about learning that led to his latest book, Learning as a Way of Being: Strategies for Survival ...

Learning that Lasts: Integrating Learning, Development, and Performance in...

Journal of Higher Education;  September 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Learning that Lasts: Integrating Learning, Development, and Performance in College and Beyond, by Marcia...College has long been recognized as an institution serious about learning and assessing learning outcomes. Learning that Lasts tells the...

Workplace learning

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine;  January 1, 2006 ;     554 words ...Learning is affected by many factors: approaches to learning, personal factors, opportunities for learning and the learning environment. The clinical environment is the appropriate place for clinical learning...

Learning through others.

Daedalus;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Learning is a biological adaptation. The majority of organisms...several decades, behaviorists attempted to find the laws of learning that applied equally to all species, for any and all tasks...degree processes of cognition. But the modern view that learning assumes diverse forms in different species and ...

COMMUNICATING THE VALUE OF LEARNING

T + D;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Learning professionals should facilitate more purposeful communication with leaders. Decision makers need to see a meaningful relationship between learning initiatives and results, which, because of the interdependent nature of learning, can be difficult to provide. Many learning professionals expend ...

E-LEARNING IN OUTREACH

E.learning Age;  April 1, 2005 ;     468 words ...E-LEARNING IN OUTREACH Glyn Owen and Khawar Iqbal...Continuing Education (NIACE). NIACE promotes learning opportunities for adults and works to...race, gender, age, language, culture, learning difficulties / disabilities, or financial...

Intelligent Systems/Tools in Training and Lifelong Learning.

Journal of Interactive Learning Research;  September 22, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Learning is an active process clearly distinguished from simply being taught. Active involvement in learning helps learners build knowledge in their heads, which is...intelligence. MEDIA TECHNOLOGY FOR THE FURTHER EVOLUTION OF LEARNING PARADIGMS Learning is a lifelong process where learners...

Learning through Serving: A Student Guidebook for Service-Learning Across...

Journal of College Student Development;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Learning through Serving: A Student Guidebook for Service-Learning Across the Disciplines Christine M. Cress, Peter J. Collier...Sterling, VA: Stylus, 2005, 224 pages, $19.95 (softcover) Learning through Serving: A Student Guidebook for Service-Learning...

The learning curve and production standards : learning implications.

Review of Business;  March 22, 1991 ;     700+ words ...The Learning Curve and Production Standards: Learning Implications Introduction The phenomenon of learning is a natural characteristic of human activity. For the job participant, learning is an important source of psychological growth; for the...

Learning as Transformation: Critical Perspectives on a Theory in Progress

Journal of Physical Therapy Education;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Learning as Transformation: Critical Perspectives on a Theory in Progress. Jack Mezirow &...diverse groups of patients with genuine compassion and respect? A text on teaching and learning in adult education provides some intriguing possibilities. Learning as Transformation is a collaborative text, coming ...

Hypermedia in vocational learning: a hypermedia learning environment for...

International Journal of Instructional Media;  March 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ...INTRODUCTION A learning environment is defined as an arrangement of issues...domain. Besides temporal and spatial features a learning environment considers the social situation in which learning takes place. With the growing availability and...

Learning strategies in physical education: self-talk, imagery, and...

JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance;  January 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Learning strategies are the cognitive tools used to systematically...strategically to enhance their potential to learn new skills. Learning strategies should be seen as the intellectual resources...learners to plan, organize, monitor, guide, and reflect on learning. Said differently, learning ...

Forthcoming learning days

E.learning Age;  September 1, 2007 ;     320 words ...LEARNING IN ALL CONTEXTS: MAKING THE LEARNING ORGANISATION A REALITY - 11 OCTOBER 2007 Learning and development guru, Clive Shepherd, will help you explore the diverse learning contexts available within organisations and how to make the learning...

LEVERAGING the Learning Space

T + D;  July 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Learning environments can make a strategic difference for business. In virtually any occupation, learning is a part of the job. Gone are the days when employees...corporations have put a lot of effort into developing quality learning programs, ensuring facilitator excellence, and using technology...

A short history of psychological theories of learning.

Daedalus;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Learning remains an elusive topic, despite the endless research lavished on it. And...master their native language and you arrive at a very different conception of learning than had you researched how undergraduates memorize nonsense syllables. Does learning to finger a Bach cello sonata tap the same ...