Unlocking the Will to Learn

Author:   Christine A. Johnston
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Edition:   Wb ed.
ISBN:  

9780803963924


Pages:   160
Publication Date:   11 June 1996
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Christine A. Johnston
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   Corwin Press Inc
Edition:   Wb ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 21.50cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   0.480kg
ISBN:  

9780803963924


ISBN 10:   0803963920
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   11 June 1996
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

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PART ONE: SETTING THE STAGE Setting the Stage for Unlocking the Will to Learn Critical Elements The Learner, the Teacher, and the Learning Process The Learning Process What′s It All About? Illuminating the Process of Learning Where There Is a Will, There Is a Learner Putting It All Together Making Our Lists and Checking Them Twice PART TWO: FINDING THE PATTERNS Looking for the Whole with An Eye for Pattern Doubting Thomases Need Not Apply, or Seeing Is Believing Interactive Learning Schemas The Good News and the Bad News PART THREE: FINDING THE COMBINATION The Lock, the Learner, and the Combination If I Don′t Like My Numbers, Can I Trade Them In? Making Sense of Our Combinations PART FOUR: PUTTING OUR WILL TO WORK Where There Is No Vision Not a Rock in the Bag A Tool in the Kit (For Teacher and Learner Alike) Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained

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Dr. Christine Johnston is the former Director of the Center for the Advancement of Learning, Rowan University where she headed-up research inquiries studying the effects of the Let Me Learn Process on teacher-student interaction, student learning outcomes, literacy, and student persistence. For the past eleven years she has engaged in studies on the Let Me Learn Process including work with 19 universities within the US and abroad, and 38 US school districts including a two-year consultancy to the EU’s Grundtvig Project working with participants from Italy, Spain, the UK, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Malta, and Holland. Dr. Johnston received her Ed.D. from Rutgers University in 1985, her M.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee , and her B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Dr. Johnston currently serves on the external advisory board to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire’s College of Education and Human Sciences. She has authored and co-authored five books and numerous articles and chapters on the Let me Learn Process. She has been the recipient of a Ford Foundation Educational Internship, an NSF Graduate Fellowship, a Department of Education, State of New Jersey, education-innovation grant, and a Corporate DuPont Education grant.

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