The Academic Advisor - A Key for Success
Your academic advisor is your key to success on a college campus. Be sure to set up an appointment as soon as you are admitted or able to visit the campus. It is best to do a sit-down appointment where you meet face-to-face
Experiential learning is nothing more than learning by doing. It is the art of practicing new knowledge until it is well integrated into our personal and/or professional lives.
So how is experiential learning different than hands-on learning? Experiential learning asks the learner to dedicate some time to reflecting on the learning experience. Experiential learning is, in essence, learning through hands-on with reflection on doing.
Nationally, 89 percent of low-income first-generation students leave college within six years without a degree. More than a quarter leave after their first year — four times the dropout rate of higher-income second-generation students.
A five stage process to learner autonomy was first identified by Curran in 1976 but further expounded upon by Candy in his 1991 work, Self-Direction for the Lifelong Learner. This five stage process looks at the progression of the learner through the process of moving from a dependent learner to an independent learner.
Strategies to develop critical thinking skills are essential to learning and especially to the autonomous learner […]
The model of mentoring is a guide to aid the mentor and the learner through an effective learning process. Even the most independent of autonomous learners can enjoy the relationship a mentor will bring.
A conversation in research of the autonomous learner is the dichotomy between heteronomy versus autonomy in learning. Heteronomy, in the simplest of terms, is deferring to others, action that is influenced by a force outside the individual, while autonomy is the control of the individual.
Effective reading strategies are an essential component for the self-directed learner and independent learning. An individual simply cannot be effective learners, capable problem-solvers, adaptable to learning environments and possessing the capability to apply new information without the best reading and comprehension skills.
One of the greatest dilemmas in the research for the autonomous learner or the self-directed learner […]