Learning at the back door : reflections on non-traditional learning in the lifespan / Charles A. Wedemeyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wedemeyer, Charles A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Non-formal education.

Continuing education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxviii, 260 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 1981.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Wedemeyer stresses that learning is a natural idiosyncratic, and continually renewable human trait and survival resource. It is not dependent upon teaching, schooling, or special environments, although-properly used-these resources enhance learning. There is a powerful subculture of independent learners who are responsible for much of the real progress that has been made in most areas on endeavor. This book attempts to explain this kind of learning and relate it to schooling, suggesting ways in which all learning-whether traditional or non-traditional-can be encouraged and improved through new kinds of educational institutions and processes.

Contents:

Figures and Illustrations; Acknowledgments; A Personal Note; Preface; An Introductory Note About Terminology; Part One The Rise of Non-Traditional Learning; I A New Urgency Regarding Learning; II Learning at the Back Door; III Teaching, Learning, Schooling, and Knowledge; Part Two Non-Traditional Learning and Its Implications; IV Distance and Independent Learning; V Open Learning; VI The Implications of Non-Traditional Learning; Part Three Technology and Special Processes in Non-Traditional Learning Systems; VII Technology and Non-Traditional Learning. VIII Instructional Design in Non-Traditional Teaching and Learning Systems; IX Building and Evaluating Non-Traditional Institutions or Programs; Part Four Learning from a Lifespan Perspective: Its Ends in a Learning Society; X Lifespan Learning; XI Education for What?; XII Back Door Learning in the Learning Society; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliography and index.

ISBN:

9786612449093

9781282449091

1282449095

9780299085636

0299085635

OCLC:

472453537