Managing to Learn: Aspects of Reflective and Experiential Learning in Schools (Cassell Studies in Pastoral Care & Personal & Social Education) - Hardcover

The UK National Curriculum reforms build on the assumption that if the content is right, standards will rise. This book challenges this assumption and argues that the teaching and learning process itself is vital. The author discusses how we have vastly underestimated individuals' capacity to manage their own learning. He claims that experiential learning offers a vital insight into making learning a more complete process, by emphasizing the importance of reflection, analyzing and theorizing and then active experimentation.

Patrick Whitaker was formerly a headteacher, LEA adviser and Director of the Educational Management Development Unit in the University ot Nottingham.