Guidelines on Learning 11

the GUIDELINESDesigning an engaging, contextualised, and inclusive curriculum

Online resources

Phil Race, 1996, A Fresh Look at Independent Learning

Stuart W. Bennett, 2001, Designing Independent Learning Material for the Physical Sciences

University of Washington, Catalyst website – Teaching: Encourage Responsibility for Learning

Oxford Brookes University, Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development – Independent Learning: Some Ideas from the Literature

11. When students are encouraged to take responsibility for their own learning, they are more likely to develop higher-order thinking skills such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.

"Students learn well when they take responsibility for their learning."

Gibbs, G. & Habeshaw, T. 1989, Preparing to Teach: An Introduction to Effective Teaching in Higher Education, Technical and Educational Services Ltd, Bristol, p. 37.

"Self-regulated learners … are distinguished by their view of academic learning as something they do for themselves rather than something that is done to or for them."

Zimmerman, B. 1998, "Developing self-fulfilling cycles of academic regulation: an analysis of exemplary instructional models", in D. Schunk & B. Zimmerman, (eds), Self-Regulated Learning: From Teaching to Self-Reflective Practice, The Guildford Press, New York, p.1.

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