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Improving Teaching and Learning through Self-Regulation (Paperback)
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Improving Teaching and Learning through Self-Regulation (Paperback)
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Using contemporary empirical research data, this book takes the
stance that purposeful self-regulation actively contributes to
promoting deeper learning approaches and generally improves
teaching and learning. The underlying aim is to help students
become strategic, motivated, and independent learners, capable of
controlling themselves by themselves. Such self-control may range
over a host of variables (behavioural, psychological, emotional,
etc.). This book comes at a time when connectivity has
exponentially improved worldwide so that more and more individuals
have real time information at their fingertips. The fundamental
shift in information accessibility from tedious searching through
books and manuscripts to on-demand click of a mouse has had
phenomenal impacts of the way we do business. Whereas previously,
self-regulation may not have been a priority for many persons,
increasingly it has now assumed preeminence with the proliferation
of laptop computers, tablets, smart phones and numerous other
handheld devices that allow easy access to the Internet. In fact,
researchers continue to develop software for helping students
self-regulate as well as getting the most out of their studies.
Needless to say, self-regulated learning (SRL) is mandatory not
only for employability but also for lifelong learning since it
enables learners to construct knowledge (constructivism) by
identifying their own learning goals; self-managing their learning
processes; and self-evaluating their performance against goals.
Additionally, SRL is very important when often times it is observed
that several individuals who have noticeably lower cognitive
abilities are able to better self-regulate and consequently achieve
more than they should be able to according to their cognitive
ranking. Improving teaching and learning through self-regulation
therefore has far reaching implications for the kind of individuals
we send out to society and the nature of the contributions they
make. Quotations from well known persons in the public domain serve
to anchor the reader in preparation for the contents of the
corresponding section. Such quotations have been found to serve as
an effective form of motivation and accordingly may be successfully
echoed to students when appropriate. The shareware graphics
interspaced in the text not only break the possible monotony
usually experienced by many readers, especially in today's online
age, but serve to engage and stimulate thought and, in many
instances, bring comic relief. These exhibits help to capture the
attention of readers and help them to focus on the contents of the
various sections at hand. Reinforcing ideas is another powerful
function served by the apparent preponderance of exhibits. Hence,
what may well be easily misconstrued as too many exhibits, would be
much better interpreted as a unique and unusual presentation, with
a variation of format, that is meant to have the reader truly
appreciate the common saying, aa picture is worth a thousand
words'!
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