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Synopsis
Describes seven major ways of learning and shows how each can best be used to maximize self-directed learning.
Provides a step-by-step guide to assessing previous learning and designing an action plan for future learning.
Reveals how to expand opportunities for learning and use libraries and the Internet more effectively.
As the pace of change in the workplace continues to accelerate, individuals are under more pressure to learn new things than ever before. While most people realize they have more to learn, many have trouble translating that anxious need into purposeful action. Managing Your Own Learning demonstrates how to analyze previous learning, design an action plan for future learning, expand opportunities for learning, and use libraries and the Internet effectively to become a lifelong learner.
James and Adelaide Davis detail seven major ways of learning: learning new skills, learning from presentations, learning to think, learning to solve problems and make decisions, learning in groups, learning through virtual realities, and learning from experience. They also provide useful guidelines for maximizing results by becoming an effective, active participant in learning.
They explain, for example, how learning in a group can be enhanced by knowing how a group works and considering factors such as group size, cohesion, task and process behavior, and participant roles, as well as the things that can go wrong in groups, such as conflict and apathy.
For each of the seven ways of learning, the authors tell what is unique about it, how learning actually takes place, and how it can be augmented in each situation. They reveal how the theory behind each way of learning originated, what researchers have learned about it, and what the individual's role is as a participant. And at the end of each chapter, they include a list of ten things that anyone can do to get the most from that particular type of learning.
No matter what our previous experiences with learning may have been, we all must become self-directed learners if we are to succeed in this new era. Managing Your Own Learning provides step-by-step, proven advice on how to succeed in the 21st century workplace by becoming a proactive, goal-directed, perpetual learner.
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Review
The fervor with which people have dubbed our era the Information Age--an age to be dominated by those who master the mysterious art of "continuous learning"--is amazing. Yet amidst this unprecedented overflow of information, good old brain skills are needed for not only sorting through info but interpreting and applying it wisely.
That's the purpose of this compact and easily digestible "learning handbook." Its authors, a professor of higher education and a former teacher of human resources management, reassure us we can learn anything we need to know, be it new career/tech/computer skills, subjects we hated in grade school, or how to change a light bulb--presumably if we first "learn how to learn." From there, they introduce us to seven key "ways of learning": behavioral (learning new skills), cognitive (learning from presentations), inquiry (learning to think), using mental models (problem solving), collaborative (group learning), virtual reality (improving performance), and holistic (learning from experience.) The final section of the book is an overview of places to find the info and knowledge we're looking for--from the old-fashioned, bricks-and-mortar library to the newfangled browse-and-click Web.
If you're looking for a hands-on text to beef up your learning skills (complete with those use-your-own-experience self-tests and worksheets we all snicker at yet find so fun and invaluable), this isn't it. Although Managing Your Own Learning offers some general examples to illustrate its theories, it does far more bland lecturing than engaging (so much for learning by doing). What's more, the closing section on how to use libraries, the Internet, and other research tools is fairly simple-minded (on libraries, to wit: "The card catalog has been replaced with an online catalog accessed through a computer station...." No foolin'?) But if you're looking for a clear, concise survey of some of the major learning theories of the past few decades, translated out of the academic gobbledygook of their creators and into plain English with quick-summary sidebars and bulleted-list breakdowns, this is a fine book (it sort of reads like an introductory text for aspiring K-12 teachers). --Timothy Murphy
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In today's knowledge-based society, where intellectual capital is an organization's most competitive asset, learning is serious business. Effective Training Strategies offers a comprehensive approach to creating a focused philosophy of learning, choosing the best approach to planning programs and activities, and developing appropriate systems for assessing results.
Davis and Davis describe seven powerful training strategies: o The Behavioral Strategy o The Cognitive Strategy o The Inquiry Strategy o The Mental Models Strategy o The Group Dynamics Strategy o The Virtual Reality Strategy o The Holistic Strategy
They provide a detailed description of each strategy-the well-researched learning theory behind it, illustrative examples of it in practice, its strengths and weaknesses, and side-by-side comparisons showing its appropriate uses-and demonstrate the strategy in action, showing how the facilitator can use it effectively to maximize learning.
Based on well-researched theories of learning, this book is rich in examples from over 65 worldwide leaders-including Eastman Kodak, Motorola, SHARP, United Airlines, Norsk Hydro, ABB Atom, Boeing, TELEBRAS, and the U.S. Air Force.
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