Individualizing Instruction: Making Learning Personal, Empowering, and Successful. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1990

Roger Hiemstra and Burt Sisco

Copyright © 1990 by: Jossey-Bass Inc., Publishers, 350 Sansome Street, San Francisco, California 94104 & Jossey-Bass Limited, Headington Hill Hall, Oxford OX3 0BW

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ISBN 1-55542-255-1

Index

Preface (Introductory Comments)

The Authors (Description of Authors)

Part One: A Personalized Approach to Adult Instruction

Chapter One: How Adult Learning and Achievement Can Be Enhanced

Why an Individualizing Strategy for Adult Learners?

Educational Changes

Theories About Adult Instruction and Learning

Why Individualizing Instruction Makes a Difference

Chapter Two: Learners in Adulthood: Why They're Not Just Big Kids

Mental Characteristics

Physical Characteristics

Emotional Characteristics

Social Characteristics

Chapter Three: Working Individually with Adults: Strategies and Techniques

What is Good Instruction?

Linking Instruction with Learning

Instructional Planning

Model for Individualizing Instruction

Chapter Four: Assimilating a Personalized Approach into Your Instruction

Overcoming Resistance

Personalizing Your Instructional Approach

Situations Appropriate for the Individualizing Process

Chapter Five: Fostering a Shared Responsibility Between Instructor and Learner

Promoting Personal Ownership

Obstacles to Promoting Personal Responsibility

Part Two: How To Individualize Instructional Efforts

Chapter Six: Six Steps to Individualizing Instruction

Activities Prior to Initial Meeting with Learners

Creating a Positive Learning Environment

Developing the Instructional Plan

Identifying Learning Activities

Putting Learning into Action

Evaluating Individual Learner Outcomes

Chapter Seven: Assessing What Learners Know and Need to Know

Individual Needs Assessment Techniques

Group Activities

Ongoing Assessment

Chapter Eight: The Importance and Use of Learning Contracts

Learning Contracts Defined

Using Learning Contracts in Individualizing Instruction

Some Related Issues

Does Contracting Make A Difference?

Chapter Nine: Evaluating Learners, the Learning Process, and Yourself

What is evaluation

Grading and Testing

Learner Assessment

Part Three: Achieving Success in Individualizing Instruction

Chapter Ten: Adapting the Process to Nontraditional and Informal Settings

Technology's Impact on Learning

Some Design Issues

The Future of Nontraditional Learning

Nontraditional Learning in Action

Chapter Eleven: Responding to the Needs of Special Audiences

Adults with Special Needs

The Older Adult as Learner

Applications for Various Audiences

Chapter Twelve: Realizing the Potential of a Personalized Approach

Individualizing Process Model

Murphy's Law and the Individualizing Process

Coping with the Unexpected

Benefits of Individualizing Your Instruction

Problems with the Individualizing Process

Future Implications

Research needs

A Final Word

Part Four: Resources for Individualizing Instruction

A Guide to Practical Applications

Common Concerns About the Individualizing Process

Alternative Introduction/Icebreaker Techniques

Needs Assessment Techniques

Sample Course Evaluation Form

Sample Instructor Evaluation Form

Learning Activity Resources and Ideas

Training Apprentice Instructions

Developing a Graduate Course

Guiding Older Adult Learners

Research and Theory

Moving from Pedagogy to Andragogy

Self-Directed Learning

Learning Style Differences

Needs Assessment Research

Physical Learning Environment

Miscellaneous Material

Being an Effective Facilitator

What Makes a Good Instructor

Non-Traditional Learning

Word Index

References

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September, 2004

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