Graduate training and development : current trends and issues / guest editors: Helen Connor and Sue Shaw.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Connor, Helen.

Shaw, Sue.

Series:

Education + training ; v. 50, no. 5.

Education + training ; v. 50, no. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Occupational training--Europe.

Occupational training.

College graduates--Europe.

College graduates.

Employees--Recruiting--Europe.

Employees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (95 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford : Emerald, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This e-book introduces a selection of papers from the 12th Annual European Learning Styles Information Network Conference on the place of cognitive style in enhancing the capacity to learn. These papers discuss various ways through the cognitive/learning style terminology conundrum to help facilitate advancements in educational practice in a meaningful and informed way. A number of questions are raised regarding the place of cognitive/learning styles in relation to: a broader agenda of learning to learn, state versus trait aspects of styles, along with selected dimensions of powerful learning

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Guest editorial; Cognitive styles and managerial behaviour: a qualitative study; Learning styles across cultures: suggestions for educators; Emotional competence and drop-out rates in higher education; Trainee teachers' cognitive styles and notions of differentiation; Implementation of learning styles at the teacher level; Using concept mapping to measure learning quality

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-11132-9

9786612111327

1-84663-841-0

OCLC:

437213261