What Teachers Need to Know About Teaching Methods explains the different theories of teaching and learning, together with their underlying principles and methods.
It defines the role of a teacher in the learning process and looks at the latest research on what contributes to effective practice.
Teaching Methods deals with important key issues and provides a wealth of references for further study and exploration in the subject.
This book teaches college students how to become more self-directed learners. Study skills are treated as a serious academic course. Students learn about human motivation and learning as they improve their study skills. The text does not offer "recipes" for success or lists of "quick tips." Rather, the focus is on relevant information and features designed to help students to identify the components of academic learning that contribute to high achievement, to master and practice effective learning and study strategies, and then to complete self-management studies whereby they are taught a process for improving their academic behavior.
This information is learning from College of Surgeons of Edinburgh designed to help interested on the surgery the doctors. It is intended to be used to provide practical and helpful information and the learning of the foundation to practice surgical techniques. In different courses, it will lead students step by step in the study. When confidence can be increased after entering another stage....
Teacher educators from ten institutions and programs in the United States, Canada, and Germany describe the ways in which they have changed teacher preparation to more fully incorporate cooperative learning concepts. Analytical commentaries on the programs highlight the learning experience of these programs as well as underlying issues of needed reforms in teacher education.
Taking a practical, curriculum-focused approach, this guide for new and experienced distance educators allows them to develop and deliver quality courses and training sessions. Providing practices and examples, and surveying the tools of the trade, this guide covers key issues including instructional design, course craft, adult learning styles and more. Discussing how distance learning enables students of all kinds to earn college and graduate degrees, professional certificates, and a wide range of skills and credentials, this book details the rapidly expanding role of distance learning in higher education and the types of organizations that now offer Web-based training courses.
