468-803 Learning Principles and Practice

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On completion of this subject students should be able to:

• demonstrate interpersonal practices for working with colleagues and students, that enable the development of constructive professional relationships and a positive learning environment;

• recognise the diversity of learning needs and styles and potential barriers to learning within a group;

• develop strategies for meeting learners' needs and enabling individuals to overcome learning difficulties they may experience; and

• understand major theoretical perspectives on learning and the implications these have for educational practice and the development of lifelong learners.

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A study of: interpersonal and personal management skills; strategies for building learning group cultures; leadership styles and group processes; individual and cultural differences leading to particular difficulties in learning; models for understanding resistance to learning; an analysis of selected models of learning from different theoretical perspectives.

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