Style differences in cognition, learning, and management : theory, research, and practice / / edited by Stephen Rayner and Eva Cools

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (343 p.)
• Disciplina: 153
• Soggetto topico: Cognitive styles; Learning, Psychology of; Management - Psychological aspects
• Altri autori: CoolsEva <1977-> RaynerStephen
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Style Differences in Cognition, Learning, and Management: Theory, Research, and Practice; Copyright; Contents; Foreword: Reports of a Death Greatly Exaggerated; Figures; Tables; 1 Setting the Scene: The Journey toward a Paradigm Shift; Part I The Theory of Style Differences; 2 Determining Cognitive Styles: Historical Perspective and Directions for Future Research; 3 Basic Psychometrics for Model Building and the Validation of Cognitive Style; 4 The Theory of Mental Self-Government Grows Up: Where Has It Led the Field after 21 Years? ; 5 The Learning Flexibility Index: Assessing Contextual Flexibility in Learning Style6 Further Understanding Learning in Higher Education: A Systematic Review on Longitudinal Research Using Vermunt's Learning Pattern Model; Part II Personal Diversity: Style Differences in Thinking, Learning, and Knowledge Acquisition; 7 Assessing the Distribution of Learning and Adaptive Styles in an MBA Program; 8 Kolb's Learning Styles and Approaches to Learning through the Use of Students' Critical Questions; 9 Relating Knowledge Structures to Learning Styles and University Teaching ; 10 Illustrating a Complementary Paradigm for Styles Research: From a Third-Person to a Second-Person Perspective11 Teaching Secondary Teachers about Style: Should We Do It?; 12 Patterns in Student Learning and Teacher Learning: Similarities and Differences; 13 Enhancing Feedback Practice: A Personal Learning Styles Pedagogy Approach; Part III Personal Diversity: Style Differences in Lifelong Learning and Workplace Contexts; 14 Learning Styles and Personal Pedagogy in the Virtual Worlds of Learning; 15 Cultures of Learning: Cultures of Style ; 16 Personalizing Web Environments on Cognitive Style: The Effect on Users' Performance17 Improving Business Education for the 21st Century: The Role of Cognitive Styles; 18 Learning-Styles-Based Differentiating Instruction for At-Risk Students: Rationale, Research Documentation, Assessment Tools, and Alternative Approaches; 19 Putting Style Theory into Practice in the UK Secondary School: Inclusive Classrooms for Vulnerable Learners; Part IV Summing Up: The Journey Continues. . .; 20 Researching Style: More of the Same or Moving Forward?; Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume presents leading edge research and a 'global paradigm' for the theory of style differences in human performance. It extends an understanding of style differences in learning, thinking and behaviour, developing style research methodology, assessment, and applying style in learning.
• Titolo autorizzato: Style differences in cognition, learning, and management
• ISBN: 1-136-90163-9; 1-283-52022-2; 9786613832672; 0-203-84185-9; 1-136-90164-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790322003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Management, organizations and society (London, England) ; ; v. 10.