The framework of this new look at college and university education in this country today divides the learning experience into seven sections or groups, the stable patterns of which constitute the parameters or constants: people, space, instructional method, time, materials, student interaction, and gain in knowledge. In actual practice, Mr. McKeefery shows, there has not been much real change in educational practice over the years--for example, twenty people in a classroom represent the parameter, or constant, of group ...
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The framework of this new look at college and university education in this country today divides the learning experience into seven sections or groups, the stable patterns of which constitute the parameters or constants: people, space, instructional method, time, materials, student interaction, and gain in knowledge. In actual practice, Mr. McKeefery shows, there has not been much real change in educational practice over the years--for example, twenty people in a classroom represent the parameter, or constant, of group learning. And change was not really possible, he points out, until technology provided means to amplify voices, simulate images, and store data for easy retrieval. While this work is concerned primarily with surveying the present state of the educational process--a bibliography of over five hundred titles divided into fifteen categories provides aid to the reader who wishes to pursue his study--Mr. McKeefery's conjectures about the future should prove both stimulating and challenging.
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Fair/Fair. 0809304686 Underlining, marking, and notes throughout the text. Pages and binding are tight. Cover is very good. Dust jacket is rubbed, faded and edge worn. 169 pages.