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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Vella, Jane Kathryn, 1931- Taking learning to task. San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass, ©2000 (OCoLC)606356873 Online version: Vella, Jane Kathryn, 1931- Taking learning to task. San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass, ©2000 (OCoLC)632059513 |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Jane Kathryn Vella |
ISBN: | 0787952273 9780787952273 |
OCLC Number: | 43441337 |
Description: | xxi, 151 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Learning tasks: assumptions and definition -- Comparing teaching tasks and learning tasks -- Learning tasks as part of a complete design -- Four types of learning tasks -- The power of action: "The verb's the thing" -- Principles to guide design -- The art of leading learning tasks -- Time and the learning task -- Checkpoint: reviewing concepts through examples -- Matching tasks to the group: one size does not fit all -- Tasks for distance learning and the Internet -- Using learning tasks: twenty reasons and twenty principles. |
Series Title: | Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series. |
Other Titles: | Taking learning to task : |
Responsibility: | Jane Vella. |
More information: | |
Local System Bib Number: | 133602 |
Abstract:
A leading expert on popular education and learning--centered instruction presents a practical guide to a way of teaching that makes adult learners active participants in their own learning experiences.
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