ERIC Number: ED408441
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1997
Pages: 306
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ISBN: ISBN-1-885584-02-4
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Expanding Horizons in Self-Directed Learning.
Long, Huey B.; And Others
The following papers are included: "Preface" (Huey B. Long); "Self-Directed Learning: Smoke and Mirrors?" (Huey B. Long); "From Self-Culture to Self-Direction: An Historical Analysis of Self-Directed Learning" (Amy D. Rose); "The Link between Self-Directed and Transformative Learning" (Jane Pilling-Cormick); "Learner Orientations among Baby Boomers: Is There More Self-Directed Learning in the Future of Higher Education?" (Gary J. Confessore, Dianne L. Barron); "Self-Directed Learning in Professional Education: Guided Self-Assessment as a Tool to Facilitate Self-Directed Learning of Medical Students" (Alahna Allen); "Managers as Self-Directed Learners: Comparing Findings of Studies in Private and Public Sector Organizations" (William J. Kops); "Learning in Adversity: Incidence of Self-Directed Learning among Downsized Employees" (Sharon J. Confessore, Dede Bonner); "Self-Directed Learning in Health Care Institutions--An Analysis of Policies and Practices" (Roland Foucher, Francois Brezot); "Perceptions and Intentions of Training Managers Regarding Self-Directed Learning" (Josee Landriault, Alain Gosselin); "Self-Directed Learning in the Workplace: Summary Report on Research and Practice in Quebec" (Roland Foucher); "Practitioners' Application of Self-Directed Learning: Education of the Department of Defense's Program Managers under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act" (Jay W. Gould III); "'Squelching' Self-Directed Learning: Marginalized Learners and Their Environments" (Robert J. Bulik); "Developing Self-Efficacy among Baccalaureate Students: Pygmalion Revisited" (Gary J. Confessore, Richard W. Herrmann); "Mentoring as Self-Directed Learning for Native Americans" (Gary Luna, Deborah Cullen); "Item Analysis of Guglielmino's Self-Directed Learning Readiness Scale: Revisiting the Issue of Internal Consistency" (Scott S. Morris); "Reliability and Validity of the Self-Directed Learning Readiness Scale and the Learning Preference Assessment" (Lucy Madsen Guglielmino); "Self-Directed Learning in Mathematics--An Impossibility in the Middle School?" (Gary J. Hoban, Claudia J. Sersland); "Relationship of SDLRS (Self-Directed Learning Readiness Scale) and Family Members" (Huey B. Long, Donna Cloud); "Self-Directed Learning Effects in Voluntary Associations' Organizational Framework" (Patricia Portelli); "Midlife Adults in Self-Directed Learning: A Heuristic Study in Progress" (Michael A. Beitler); "Self-Directed Learning in the Next Century: What Should the Orientation Be?" (Rene Bedard); and "Uses of the Guglielmino Self-Directed Learning Readiness Scale" (Nicole rae Winters Walker, Huey B. Long). (MN)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Educational Needs, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Independent Study, Junior High Schools, Learning Activities, Learning Experience, Learning Motivation, Learning Processes, Learning Readiness, Learning Strategies, Mathematics Education, Mentors, Middle Aged Adults, Middle Schools, Private Agencies, Professional Education, Public Agencies, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Transformative Learning, Voluntary Agencies, Work Environment
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada; United States
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Self Directed Learning Readiness Scale
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