THEORY

Education Theory

• This site provides useful background information relating to learning and teaching in general and to intended learning outcomes and their alignment to assessment and teaching practices in particular.
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• A site that contains information concerning fifty theories of learning and is written in plain english.
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• This site focuses on Kolb's Experiential Learning Theory.
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• This site provides useful information on personal learning styles with easy to follow text and graphical information.
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Learning Styles

• This site provides access to a vast on line library and other website references to do with anything related to learning styles, a compendium of references which might just yield what you are searching for.
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• This website provides a brief ‘taster’ introduction to some key concepts in adult learning including learning cycles. The site covers a range of current terms in adult education. There is a useful set of references and other internet sources of information.
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• The site covers a helpful glossary of current terms in adult education, in relation to skills, approaches to learning, and learning methodologies. It is of help to anyone who wants to read a brief discussion of what educational jargon means in this context and begin to understand the terms. There is a useful set of references and other internet sources of information.
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• The site covers learning cycles and learning styles, emanating from Kolb’s original work in relation to adult learning. Although written for and using references from the world of teaching geography, it provides a useful overview of this subject. It is of particular practical interest to educationalists, trainers and work based assessors and their students in health and social care settings, who may apply the ideas to their particular learning context. Contains a useful bibliography.
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• This site provides comprehensive links to abstracts and articles about what is meant by learning style and education and leaning theories. It is of interest to any one who wishes to explore in some depth the academic literature on this subject.
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• This site provides an introduction to the challenges of on line instruction and whether or not an on line environment suits the educator’s own teaching style. It is interactive in approach and sets out to help educators become effective and successful on line instructors.
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Teaching Methods/Styles

• This site provides information on learning styles, which is linked to different teaching methods. It includes a self assessment test to identify a person's learning style, which could be used to assess how to approach student teaching in the workplace.
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• A site linking student learning styles with teaching methods.
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• Information on Supported Open Learning from the Open University Website.
  Types of course materials and activities to facilitate open learning are listed.
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Learning Outcomes

• A site with guidelines for writing learning outcomes. Whilst of particular interest to writing academic documents, the content can also be applied to writing outcomes for students on placement.
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• This site appears to be a PowerPoint presentation, which contains a concise overview of the relationship between academic level and learning outcomes, with some useful examples of terminology that can be used to write work based outcomes for students at different stages in their course.
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• A site that provides short guidelines on writing learning objectives.
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Learning Cycle

• This article takes a critical view of cyclical learning models.
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• The site covers learning cycles and learning styles, emanating from Kolb's original work in relation to adult learning. Although written for and using references from the world of teaching geography, it provides a useful overview of this subject. It is of particular practical interest to educationalists, trainers and work based assessors and their students in health and social care settings, who may apply the ideas to their particular learning context. Contains a useful bibliography.
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Learning Culture

• A detailed academic paper on the Riesman model of education and culture.
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Learning Contracts/Agreements

• A site with useful information on the nature and content of a learning contract.
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Learning Sets and Peer Groups

• A site with useful detailed information on the use of learning sets.
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• A brief overview on the nature of learning sets.
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Inquiry Based Learning

• A toolkit containing a range of different types of questions for use in inquiry based learning.
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• A website providing a general overview on the principles of inquiry based learning.
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• A site with information on the nature of enquiry based learning linking to specific approaches that can be applied to practice education.
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• A list of 28 general questions that could be used to facilitate inquiry based learning.
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Group work

• This site contains considerable information on the principles of group work with an emphasis on running student learning groups.
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• A link to an academic project examining the use of group work during social work student placements.
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Methods of Obtaining Feedback

• This website provides a useful insight into the operations of quality feedback mechanisms in one institution. While the principles involved are clear, comprehensive and well-explained users should be aware that practices in their own institutions might vary in detail.
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• A general paper on the principles of obtaining feedback from university students that can be applied to placement settings.
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Methods of Evaluation

• A general overview of programme evaluation, with principles and examples that could easily be applied to evaluation of students' work based experiences.
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Reflective Practice

• The managing health and social care website provides many useful resources. These pages devoted to reflective practice develop an insightful theoretical background and a compendium of practical advice.
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Reflective Models

• This website provides a useful resource to which to refer students who need reminding about the nature and purpose of reflective learning.
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• This lengthy article explores different levels of reflection required to tackle different sorts of problem. Although it is mainly aimed at teacher educators it would be of use to any involved in the preparation of professionals in a teaching role.
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• This is a useful resource for anyone designing assessments based on reflection and teaching, which relies on student reflection. It discusses three models of reflective practice giving background and advice on each.
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