Synopses & Reviews
Individualizing Instruction illustrates how to help adult students begin to take charge of their own learning--that is, decide what they will learn, how they will learn it, and how their learning will be evaluated--so that adult educators can make the most of a student's learning potential.
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Synopsis
Individualizing Instruction illustrates how to help adult students begin to take charge of their own learning--that is, decide what they will learn, how they will learn it, and how their learning will be evaluated--so that adult educators can make the most of a student's learning potential.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-292) and indexes.
Table of Contents
Part One: A Personalized Approach to Adult Instruction
1. How Adult Learning and Achievement Can Be Enhanced
2. Learners in Adulthood: Why They're Not Just Big Kids
3. Working Individually with Adults: Strategies and Techniques
4. Assimilating a Personalized Approach into Your Instruction
5. Fostering a Shared Responsibility Between Instructor and Learner
Part Two: How to Individualize Instructional Efforts
6. Six Steps to Individualizing Instruction
6. Assessing What Learners Know and Need to Know
8. The Importance and Use of Learning Contracts
9. Evaluating Learners, the Learning Process, and Yourself
Part Three: Achieving Success in Individualizing Instruction
10. Adapting the Process to Nontraditional and Informal Settings
11. Responding to the Needs of Special Audiences
12. Realizing the Potential of a Personalized Approach
Resources for Individualizing Instruction: A. A Guide to Practical Applications B. Research and Theory