Extraordinary Learning in the Workplace

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hafler, Janet P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: Innovation and Change in Professional Education ; 6
• Subjects: Education.; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education > Curricula.; Professional & Vocational Education.; Learning & Instruction.; Curriculum Studies.

The contributing authors of this multidisciplinary text agree that workplace learning truly is extraordinary when it is marked by structural congruence and a positive synergy among the intended and formal preparation of professionals, that tacit learning occurs within the hidden curriculum, and that...

Table of Contents:

• OVERVIEW, Janet P. Hafler
• I — CURRICULUM
• Chapter 1: Conceptual Perspectives and the Formal Curriculum, Ilene B. Harris
• Chapter 2: The Hidden Curriculum, Structural Disconnects, and the Socialization of New Professionals, Frederic W. Hafferty, Janet P. Hafler
• II — LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION
• Chapter 3: Theories of Learning for Workplace Education, Ilene B. Harris
• Chapter 4: Instructional Theory and Design: Practices for Workplace Learning, Beverly W. Henry, Kathleen F. Malu
• III — ASSESSMENT
• Chapter 5: Conceptual Perspectives: Emerging Changes in the Assessment Paradigm for Professionals, Robert Galbraith, Stephen G. Clyman, Donald E. Melnick
• Chapter 6: Assessment: Practical Strategies Applied to the Professions, Maurice Clifton, Elza Mylona
• IV — IMPLEMENTATION
• Chapter 7: Faculty Development for Workplace Instructors, Marilla D. Svinicki, LuAnn Wilkerson, Chapter 8: Envisioning the Future, Bridget O’Brien.