Gerald A. Straka Books

Self-Learning has become an educational megatrend in theory and practice. It is approached with different views, theories, and methods related to specific cultures. In order to stimulate a boundary-crossing communication, researches from different disciplines and regions describe their conceptions of self-directed learning: Stephan D. Brookfield; Alan J. Brown; Rosemary S. Caffarella; Maria Cseh; Karen E. Watkins and Victoria J. Marsick; Philippe Carré; Edward Deci and Richard Ryan; Roger Hiemstra; Kyung Hi Kim; Gaston Pineau; Regula Schräder-Naef; Robert-Jan Simons; Gerald A. Straka; Seng Chee Tan and David Jonassen; Nicole Anne Tremblay; Barry J. Zimmerman. The book includes conceptions focussing on philosophical, cultural, educational, psychological, sociological, organizational, behavioral, motivational, and emotional aspects of self-directed learning.

The rapid transition from industrial to an information society, a global economy and competition, new organizational concepts and strategies for human resource development have all led to lifelong and self-directed learning becoming increasingly important around the world. The dynamic interplay between knowledge, skill and the will to self direction in learning has been reviewed for vocational training in Europe according to the following perspectives: - dispositions, activities and instructional designs - educational philosophies in the countries, companies as well as in the educational systems - historical and social developments in different countries - theoretical and methodological approaches - empirical findings.

Der band befasst sich mit der wissenschaftlichen Qualifizierung von Berufs- und WIrtschaftspädagogen. Des weiteren werden berufs- und wirtschaftspädagogische Forschungsergebnisse zur Diskussion gestellt.