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Teaching Young Adults by Joe Harkin β€” book cover

Teaching Young Adults

by Joe Harkin, Turner, Dawn
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Overview

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. It will:
* relate learning theory to practice
* provide practical help for teachers to understand how they tend to interact with students
* suggest how they may build a repertoire of teaching styles that foster sharing of responsibility with learners for more effective learning.

About the Author, Joe Harkin

Joe Harkin is Reader in Education at Oxford Brookes University, and was lead consultant nationally in the development of key skills in communication. Gill Turner is currently working at Oxford Brookes University with Joe Harkin on the communication Styles of Teachers project and completing her Phd. Trevor Dawn is a lecturer in Education at Oxford Brookes University and trains teachers who work in Further and Adult Education in Active Learning Strategies.

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Designed for British teachers training to teach at secondary school, further (adult), or higher education, this volume offers a combined approach that uses theory of learning, practical strategies for teaching, and self-directed professional development. The issues of student disaffection with education, the technological changes that affect both teachers and learners, and the response to these new government policies are detailed to provide background to the authors' proposal for this new approach (all three teach education at Oxford Brookes University in the UK). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Book Details

Published
September 28, 2000
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Inc.
ISBN
9780203132524

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