Learning to Learn: Why Not Be Explicit In The Classroom?

Educating “Intentional Learners”

• “to help college students become Intentional Learners who can adapt to new environments, integrate knowledge from different sources, and continue learning throughout their lives.”

• Intentional Learners Are:
• Empowered
• Informed
• Responsible

• Greater Expectations
• (2002 AACU Report)

• Intentional Learners

• Greater Expectations
• (2002 AACU Report)

• Becoming an intentional learner means: developing self-awareness about the reason for study, the learning process itself, and how education is used
• Intentional learners are integrative thinkers who see connections in seemingly disparate information to inform their decisions.

• Self-Directed Learners

• Greater Expectations
• (2002 AACU Report)

• Self-directed learners are highly motivated, independent, and strive toward self-direction and autonomy. They take the initiative to diagnose their learning needs, formulate learning goals, identify resources for learning, select an implement learning strategies, and evaluate learning outcomes.

• 2006 Panel Report Commission on Further of Higher Education

• “we are disturbed by evidence that the quality of student learning at U.S. colleges and universities is inadequate and, in some cases, declining”
• “employers report repeatedly that many new graduates they hire are not prepared to work, lacking the critical thinking, writing and problem-solving skills needed in today’s workplaces”
• “business and government leaders have repeatedly and urgently called for workers at all stages of life to continually upgrade their academic and practical skills”

• How will you get there…
• …if you don’t know where you are going ?

• Learning to Learn

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