| Description |
1 online resource (181 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; The Contributors; Glossary; Preface; PART ONE: THE CONTEXT; Chapter One: Learning Contracts: Scope and Rationale; PART TWO: THE EXPERIENCE; SECTION ONE: LEARNING CONTRACTS AND NEGOTIATION; Introduction; Chapter Two: Factors Affecting Negotiation; Chapter Three: Negotiation as a Learning Tool for Tutors and Students; Chapter Four: Negotiating Complete Programmes of Study; Chapter Five: Negotiating in an Institutional Context; SECTION TWO: LEARNING CONTRACTS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS AND COMPETENCES; Introduction |
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Chapter Six: Informal Learning Contracts for Skills Development in SeminarsChapter Seven: Development of Capability, DTP and Hypertext Skills using Learning Contracts; Chapter Eight: Supporting the Development of Managerial Competences using Learning Contracts; Chapter Nine: The Learning Contract as an Aid to Self-development and Managerial Competences; SECTION THREE: LEARNING CONTRACTS AND THE WORLD OF WORK; Introduction; Chapter Ten: The Employer's Perspective; Chapter Eleven: Using Contracts in Project Placements; Chapter Twelve: Learning Contracts and Student Placements with Employers |
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Chapter Thirteen: Negotiating Learning Contracts for Fieldwork Placements in PhysiotherapyChapter Fourteen: Learning Contracts for the Industrial Experience of Hospitality Management Students; Chapter Fifteen: Using Student-driven Learning Contracts in Work-based Learning and with Small Businesses; SECTION FOUR: USING LEARNING CONTRACTS WITH EMPLOYEES; Introduction; Chapter Sixteen: Work-based Learning Contracts; Chapter Seventeen: Learning Contracts and a Company Franchised Programme; Chapter Eighteen: The Use of Learning Contracts in a Self-managed Learning MBA Programme |
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Chapter Nineteen: The Use of Learning Contracts for Work-based Management Education and DevelopmentChapter Twenty: Learning Conversations and the Personal Learning Contract: A Methodology for Enabling Work-based Learners to Become More Self-organised; Chapter Twenty-one: Custom-built Learning Contracts for Corporate Clients; Chapter Twenty-two: Institutional Issues in the Implementation of Work-based Learning Contracts; PART THREE: THE FUTURE; Chapter Twenty-three: The Place and Potential Use of Learning Contracts in Higher Education; Index |
| Summary |
An introduction to learning contracts, a new concept in education which encourages learners to plan, monitor and review their progress. The contributors to this volume explain how learning contracts are being used in a number of UK universities |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Stephenson, John
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| ISBN |
9781136351280 |
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1136351280 |
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