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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462042003321

Autore

Fried Jane

Titolo

Transformative learning through engagement [[electronic resource] ] : student affairs practice as experiential pedagogy / / Jane Fried and Associates, foreword by James E. Zull

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sterling, Va., : Stylus, 2012

ISBN

1-57922-760-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Disciplina

378.1/94

Soggetti

Student affairs services - United States

Learning, Psychology of

College teaching - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Shifting paradigms in education -- pt. 2. Shifting individual paradigms to effect change -- pt. 3. Applications and implications.

Sommario/riassunto

Jane Fried's overarching message is that higher education is based on a profoundly outdated industrial model of the purpose and delivery of learning, and needs urgently to be changed. Student affairs professionals and academic faculty have become frustrated with the alienation of so many students from academic learning who cannot see its connection to their lives. This book - addressed to everyone involved in helping college students learn - presents what we now know about the learning process, particularly those elements that promote behavioral change and the ability to place information in a