Teaching Young Adults: A Handbook for Teachers in Post-Compulsory Education

by Turner; Gill

• ISBN13: 9780415222846
• ISBN10: 0415222842
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2000-11-07
• Publisher: RoutledgeFalmer

Summary

Further and Higher Education in the UK has expanded greatly in recent years, bringing into education large numbers of young people who present teachers with new challenges. At the same time, there is an immense pressure to improve the quality of learning and teaching and to encourage students to be active participants in the process. This book is aimed at teachers, aspiring teachers and other professionals in upper secondary schools, further education colleges and universities who wish to increase learner motivation and to create opportunities for greater learner autonomy.

Author Biography

Joe Harkin is Reader in Education at Oxford Brookes University.

Table of Contents

Figures	vi
Tables	vii
Acknowledgements	viii
Introduction	ix
PART I Major issues in the education of young adults	1	(32)
Responding to social and technological change	3	(18)
Developments that affect learning and teaching	21	(12)
PART II Theories of learning and teaching	33	(54)
What is effective learning?	35	(21)
The role of students in effective learning	56	(16)
The role of teachers in effective learning	72	(15)
PART III Putting learning theories into practice	87	(61)
Making learning more active	89	(30)
Developing awareness of styles of teaching	119	(14)
The Communication Styles Questionnaire	133	(6)
Towards a philosophy of teaching young adults	139	(9)
Appendix The Communication Styles Questionnaire	148	(5)
Bibliography	153	(8)
Index	161