Creating courses for adults : design for learning /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: St. Clair, Ralf (Author)
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2015]
Series:Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series.
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • PART ONE: Core Factors in Teaching. ONE. All About You
  • Why Who You Are and What You've Done Matters
  • Reflecting on Your Approach
  • What Are We Doing It For?
  • Why Identity Matters
  • Going Further
  • Conclusion: Pulling It Together
  • TWO. Engaged and Involved Learners
  • How Do People Learn?
  • Engagement in Learning
  • Learner Diversity
  • Responding to Diversity
  • Conclusion: Making Difference Matter
  • THREE. Context Drives Design
  • Why Context Matters
  • Ball Gown or Boots: Formality
  • Wired Learning
  • Organizational Context
  • The Aims of the Course
  • Time, or the Lack Thereof
  • Somewhere to Sit: Physical Resources
  • Conclusion.
  • PART TWO: The Key Decisions. FOUR. Knowing Where You Are Going
  • Objectives, And Some Objections
  • The Educator
  • The Learners
  • The Context
  • FIVE. Content and Resources for Learning
  • Information and Objects
  • Resources and Materials
  • The Educator
  • The Learners
  • The Context
  • Conclusion. SIX. Ways of Working Together
  • The Range of Methods
  • The Educator
  • The Learners
  • The Context
  • Conclusion
  • SEVEN. What Do the Learners Say?
  • Designing Evaluation
  • The Educator
  • The Learners
  • The Context
  • Conclusion
  • EIGHT. Making Learning Visible
  • Counting What Counts
  • The Educator
  • The Learners
  • The Context
  • Conclusion
  • NINE. You Can Take It with You!
  • Moving Learning beyond the Course
  • The Educator
  • The Learners
  • The Context
  • Conclusion
  • TEN. Design Frames Practice
  • The Book in a Box
  • An Example of a Program Design
  • For New Educators of Adults
  • Conclusion.