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Direct linkJurjus, Rosalyn A.; Krum, Janette; Goldman, Ellen F. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2013
Medical school curricula are undergoing transformational change in response to calls for integrating content across courses and years to enable better retention and application and for individualizing learning to meet the diverse backgrounds and thus differing needs of students. To address the related teaching challenges, faculty can employ solid…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Anatomy, Science Laboratories, Adult Learning
Rogers, Carmen – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study was designed to identify and investigate nursing faculty and student perspectives of self-directed learning in a practical nursing program. It also explored the degree to which student's perceptions of self-directed learning exhibited factors consistent with that of critical thinking. This study is important because self-directed…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Nursing Education, Critical Thinking, Student Attitudes
Chu, Regina Juchun; Chu, Anita Zichun; Weng, Cathy; Tsai, Chin-Chung; Lin, Chia-chun – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
This research explores the relationships between self-directed learning readiness and transformative learning theory (TLT) reflected by the Constructivist Internet-based Learning Environment Scale (CILES). A questionnaire survey about adult learner's perceptions of Internet-based learning was administered to adults enrolled in classes in community…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Learning Readiness, Structural Equation Models
Peer reviewedBurge, Elizabeth J. – Journal of Distance Education, 1994
Discussion of the use of computer conferencing in education focuses on a Canadian study of adult distance education students that examined learning strategies when using computer conferencing. Topics addressed include interviews with students and teachers; behavior by students and by instructors; learner control; affective needs; and implications…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Affective Behavior, Computer Mediated Communication
Download full textKerka, Sandra – 2002
Teaching adults should be different if adults learn differently than children do. Theories or perspectives on adult learning, such as andragogy, make a number of assertions about the characteristics of adults as learners. If there are indeed distinctive characteristics of adults, on which claims for the uniqueness and coherence of adult education…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning
King, Marjorie; Witney, Lois W. – 1998
Using adult learning theory, this quasi-experimental study, involving a convenience sample of senior student nurses (n=13) enrolled in an Interactive Television (ITV) Course at East Tennessee State University, evaluated the perceived importance of engaged learning activities used. Subjects completed pre-test, post-test, and reflective papers.…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Audiovisual Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning
