Second Chance To Learn? [microform] : A Review of WEA "Second Chance To Learn" Courses.
This report describes a course sponsored by the Workers' Educational Association in England that is intended to fill a gap between informal discussion groups and access courses for higher education. Section 1 describes this intensive course, which occupies five hours per week and uses team teac...
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| Language: | English |
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1988.
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| Summary: | This report describes a course sponsored by the Workers' Educational Association in England that is intended to fill a gap between informal discussion groups and access courses for higher education. Section 1 describes this intensive course, which occupies five hours per week and uses team teaching, one-to-one tutorials, formative evaluation, and a residential period, in addition to regular classroom sessions, and which aims to prepare participants for new roles in life and at work as well as for further courses. Aims and objectives and underlying beliefs are set forth. Section 2 explains who is attracted to the course, why they come, and what they get out of it. Section 3 identifies the organizational implications of setting up the course. Topics include funding, staff, administration, accommodation, and outreach and publicity. Section 4 presents an overview of the range of activities that could be part of a Second Chance To Learn course--topic-based learning, study skills, structure, and negotiation. Section 5 discusses the use of tutors, including team teaching, tutor training, and counseling and guidance. Sections 6 and 7 focus on two aspects of the course--tutorials (content, organization, problems) and residentials (learning, group cohesion, content, organization, problems). Key areas and methods of evaluation are addressed in Section 8. Section 9 provides a summary of each section and makes recommendations. Appendixes include the survey and sample course outline. (YLB) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED300577. |
| Physical Description: | 79 pages. |
| ISBN: | 9781853380709 1853380709 |
| Reproduction Note: | Microfiche. |
| Action Note: | committed to retain |