Transformative Learning Support Models in Higher Education : Educating the Whole Student

by Weaver, Margaret

• ISBN13: 9781856046442
• ISBN10: 1856046443
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-12-15
• Publisher: Neal Schuman Pub

Summary

"The student learning experience in modern higher education settings is changing rapidly. Students no longer have a linear approach to education and increasingly their expectations are that there will be flexibility and support embedded in their courses. Consequently institutions need to have a holistic approach to enhancing student learning. The significance of the total learning environment - academic, physical, virtual, support - to the student experience is emerging; however, there has been little study of the impact of the new learning environments on student learning behaviours, in particular on support for learners." "This timely book will act as a strategic planning tool by uncovering models that will allow practitioners to reflect on their own organizational contexts. It will also help to raise the profile of learning support within institutions by keeping library managers, student service managers, academics and organizational leaders up to date with policy and developments; and, by interfacing with the global skills agenda, will be of interest to a wide range of staff including support professionals, educators and stakeholders. With its bite size chunks of information showing the diversity of the LIS sector and its opportunities for career development, it will also be a helpful text for students."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Transformation through strategy, policy and organization: the changing profile of learners and the redesign of learning support	p. 1
It's not about us: it's about them	p. 3
Towards the holistic university: working collaboratively for student learning	p. 19
Widening horizons, dissolving boundaries: organizational change and the seamless learning agenda	p. 33
From learning to learner: the role of Learner Support Services in the Bradford student experience	p. 51
Transformation through delivery: engaging learners by reshaping the learning environment - physical, virtual and temporal	p. 67
Next-generation learning spaces: built pedagogy in action	p. 69
Place, pedagogy and people: learning facilitation in flexible learning spaces	p. 89
Flexible delivery in action: the case of the University of the Highlands and Islands	p. 105
The integration of physical and virtual environments to support HE learners: a European perspective	p. 119
Scaling the ivory tower: widening participation pathways at the University of Manchester	p. 135
Transformation through integrative practice: learning from each other using research-informed approaches	p. 147
Transforming ourselves: developing the multiprofessional team	p. 149
Not taught in graduate school: increasing student affairs' sphere of influence	p. 165
Transformation and integration through research and enquiry: a Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning perspective	p. 181
Beyond artful doing: the role of practitioner research in developing holistic learning support practice	p. 197
Index	p. 214
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