The Instructional Skills Program: A Peer-based Forum for Improving Teaching and Learning - Softcover

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This book is a seminal reference for every Instructional Skills Workshop facilitator. The Instructional Skills Program was developed in 1979 to provide a vehicle for learning-centred instructional skills training in the post-secondary system in British Columbia, Canada. Since then the program has been employed and adapted in many institutions and countries to help instructors and facilitators learn and refine their craft.This historical paper is a status report of the formative evolution of the program (as of 1980); an exploration of the theoretical basis of the program, and a summary of the fundamental structures for putting it into practice.For over 35 years the Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW)--the heart of the program--has provided a forum for post-secondary instructors and others to explore the art and science of creating exceptional learning experiences. The function of the Instructional Skills Program is to draw forth and focus instructors’ life experiences for the purpose of creating effective learning environments.The author, Doug Kerr, M.Ed., has been a training and development consultant since 1973. As President of Tracon Training Consultants Corp., a boutique consulting company based in Victoria BC, Canada, he continues his work "To Democratize Organizations”. Doug believes that a citizenry with ever-heightening capacity to learn is an empowered, enlightened, and interdependent citizenry.

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