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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Last updated: 4 January 2006