What do we know about learning? What can we do to create more powerful learning? Drawing upon findings from psychology and brain research, Ron Brandt describes conditions that promote learning and provides examples to illustrate how those conditions apply to students in the classroom. He then describes how organizations such as schools, hospitals, and corporations can also learn in powerful ways that enable them to adapt and respond to changing circumstances. The conditions that support individual learning are, in fact, remarkably similar to the conditions that support organizational learning. Educators can use both sets of ideas to help students, adults, and the school as an institution achieve truly powerful learning. This book describes conditions that promote learning in school, providing examples of real schools to illustrate how those conditions apply to students in the classroom. The conditions are as follows: (1) people learn what is personally meaningful to them, (2) people learn when they accept challenging but achievable goals, (3) learning is developmental, (4) individuals learn differently, (5) people construct new knowledge by building on their current knowledge, (6) much learning occurs through social interaction, (7) people need feedback to learn, (8) successful learning involves use of strategies (which themselves are learned), (9) a positive emotional climate strengthens learning, and (10) learning is influenced by the total environment. Schools as learning organizations should: (1) have incentive structures that encourage adaptive behavior; (2) have challenging but achievable shared goals; (3) have members who can accurately identify the organization's stages of development; (4) gather, process, and act upon information in ways best suited to their purposes; (5) have an institutional knowledge base and processes for creating new ideas; (6) exchange information frequently with relevant external sources; (7) get feedback on products and services; (8) continuously refine their basic processes; (9) have a supportive organizational culture; and (10) be open systems, sensitive to the external environment. (Contains 62 references.) (SM) What do we know about learning? What can we do to create more powerful learning? Drawing upon findings from psychology and brain research, Ron Brandt describes conditions that promote learning and then provides examples of real schools to illustrate how those conditions apply to students in the classroom. He then goes on to describe how organizations such as schools, hospitals, and corporations can also learn in powerful ways that enable them to adapt and respond to changing circumstances. In fact, the conditions that support individual learning are remarkably similar to the conditions that support organizational learning. Educators can use both sets of ideas to help students, adults, and the school as an institution achieve truly powerful learning.Note: This product listing is for the Adobe Acrobat (PDF) version of the book. Cover TOC36;Contents Preface CH36;Conditions for Powerful Learning CH36;Powerful Learning in Schools CH36;Schools as Learning Organizations CH36;Powerful Learning in the Learning Organization References Sources of Knowledge About Learning Examples from Educational Leadership About the Author Last Page
