Managing Your Own Learning

by DAVIS, JAMES R.DAVIS, ADELAIDE B.

• ISBN13: 9781576750674
• ISBN10: 1576750671
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-03-13
• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Summary

Rapid change in almost every area of the workplace today requires new learning. Everyone has something new to learn, but few people have a clear idea of what learning is, the different ways that learning takes place, or how to manage their own learning. Managing Your Own Learning offers clear descriptions of seven ways of learning and valuable guidelines for using them to maximise your learning. Readers will learn how to analyse their previous learning, design an action plan for future learning, expand your opportunities for learning, and use libraries and the Internet effectively so that they can become a proactive perpetual learner.

Author Biography

JAMES R. DAVIS is a Professor of higher education and adult studies at the University of Denver. He holds degrees from Oberlin College and Yale University and a Ph.D. from Michigan State University in higher education administration. Jim teaches courses on characteristics of adult learners, training, teaching adults, program planning and administration, leadership, and the uses of technology in instruction. He has served in numerous administrative posts, including assistant to the provost, director of the center for academic quality, director of the school of education—all at the University of Denver—and as academic dean at the historically black college, Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.
ADELAIDE B.DAVIS served as a training analyst to COPASA MG, a government-sponsored public water and sanitation company in Brazil. She taught human resources management at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte, where she also earned her masters degree in administration with a specialization in human resource management. She planned and facilitated numerous training workshops for her company and spoke at several conferences and annual meetings in Brazil.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction: The Age of Perpetual Learning	1	(10)
Part One PREPARATION FOR LEARNING
Taking Charge: Developing a Plan for Learning	11	(12)
Knowing Yourself as a Learner: Estimating Your Potential	23	(10)
Redefining Learning: Examining Your Attitudes About Learning	33	(20)
Part Two SEVEN WAYS OF LEARNING
Introduction to the Seven Ways of Learning	47	(6)
Learning New Skills: Bebavioral Learning	53	(14)
Learning From Presentations: Cognitive Learning	67	(16)
Learning to Think: Inquiry Learning	83	(16)
Learning to Solve Problems and Make Decisions: Using Mental Models for Learning	99	(18)
Learning in Groups: Collaborative Learning	117	(20)
Improving Performance: Learning Through Virtual Realities	137	(12)
Learning From Experience: Holistic Learning	149	(14)
Part Three MAXIMIZING LEARNING
High-Impact Learning: Using the Seven Ways of Learning to Get Results	163	(12)
Sources of Information: Finding What You Need	175	(14)
Becoming a Perpetual Learner: Expanding Your Opportunities for Learning	189	(12)
Notes	201	(12)
Index	213	(6)
About the Authors	219