02 Jun

Posted at 13:10h in News

The same team of Ian Cunningham, Ben Bennett and Graham Dawes that brought you (or maybe not you, specifically, if you didn’t buy one) the 'Exercises for Developing Coaching Capability' (Institute of Personnel and Development Publications, London. Published in USA as ‘The Coaching Skill-Builder Activity Pack’ by the American Management Association, New York) are at work on the ‘Handbook of Work-Based Learning’ for Gower. The phrase ‘work-based learning’ has become the overarching term for all manner of approaches which, as it says on the can, are based on learning in the work context. All the methods pre-dated the existence of...

12 May

Posted at 13:16h in Articles

As regular readers of the newsletter will know, a number of CSML Board members are actively involved in the attempt to introduce SML modes of learning into the educational system. The following is one expression of this long-term strategy....

08 Jun

Posted at 11:16h in Articles

Edited by Ben Bennett, Ian Cunningham, Graham Dawes: (2000 – Gower, Aldershot - ISBN 0-566-08214-4) Members of the Centre’s Network will already know a lot about Self Managed Learning. However, you will be surprised how much this book will add to your knowledge. The book is divided into four sections: Setting the scene Putting it into practice Making Self Managed Learning work Conclusions It contains some very interesting case studies from companies that have actually used the process, including extensive quotes from actual participants, which gives an excellent flavour and cross section of views. It is easy to read, although well grounded in research and covers...