Learning Support: A Guide for Mature Students

By Elizabeth Hoult

This is an inspirational and highly practical book for students returning to study. Author Liz Hoult provides an easy-to-read and reassuring guide to learning.

Why is it that some people are able to do what seems so enormously difficult and possibly illogical and to succeed so spectacularly? What is it that these learners are able to do that others find so difficult? Learning Support: A Guide for Mature Students explores how adults learn and the ways in which different abilities and experiences can be used to learn more effectively. The book is written from a teacher′s viewpoint and is based on the author′s experiences during a long career of working with adult students.

Key features:
Nine chapters each dealing with a different aspect of learning Models and concepts of learning developed and adapted from a range of sources from the disciplines of Education and Psychology Notes at the end of each chapter including inspiration and suggestions for taking your understanding of the issues further Suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter Individual self-assessment exercises to help you gain a detailed understanding of your own particular strengths and weaknesses as well as your own motivation for starting and staying the course

Learning Support distils the talents, skills, and perceptions that lead to success and to make them available to the general adult learning population at all levels. This book helps readers find out how to get the best out of studying, learn the secrets of successful learners, and discover how to succeed.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412902959
• ISBN13: 9781412902953
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.9" x 9.6"