Improving Professional Learning: Twelve Strategies to Enhance Performance

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knox, Alan B., author.

Cervero, Ronald M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Professional education.

Continuing education.

Career development.

Educational leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (112 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Taylor & Francis (Unlimited), 2015.

Summary:

Given the tremendous importance of keeping up with the explosion of knowledge in professional fieldsfrom medicine and health to teaching in schools and colleges getting the most out of every learning opportunity is vital to the growth and vitality of our society, as well as to the development of professional practitioners themselves.In this concise, practical guide to improving professional learning and performance, Alan Knox brings decades of experience and study to bear on 12 key tasks for the leader of professional learning activities. Illustrated with examples from a wide variety of learning settings across the helping professions (e.g., health care, teaching, social work), the chapters will provide essential guidance to instructors and facilitators seeking to improve learning activities and thereby enhance professional performance. The combination of evidence-based concepts and practical examples is designed to enable readers to improve the learning activities they lead, and thereby enhance the performance of learners in their ongoing professional practice.

Contents:

Establishing shared purposes

Selecting able leaders

Being responsive to participant experiences and expectations

Specifying current participant proficiencies

Developing shared aspirations

Addressing the gap between current and desired proficiencies

Analyzing situational influences on performance

Enhancing the learning transaction

Using active methods with participants

Sequencing Activities for progress

Providing evaluation feedback to stakeholders

Recognizing contextual influences

Conclusion : Making the twelve tasks work for you

Bibliographic Essay on the twelve tasks.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-127) and index.

ISBN:

1-00-344526-8

1-000-97221-6

1-003-44526-8

9781003445265

OCLC:

1390712709