Individualized Learning with Technology: Meeting the Needs of High School Students

by Christine Bernat, Richard J. Mueller (Contribution by)

Overview

Today we are moving into an information revolution that is every bit as life altering as the previous industrial revolution. Students must now achieve at a higher level academically, while also gaining important technology proficiencies required in work and life. However, by utilizing proven general and adult learning theories in association with educational technology, many of these new learning requirements can be met. This book can be a starting point for educators to begin considering how individualized learning could be done in high school to encourage life-long learning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781475851953
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	11/01/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	134
File size:	441 KB

About the Author

Christine Bernat is a technical writer and instructional designer who has worked for many information technology companies. She has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in education (instructional technology). She has a strong background and interest in adult learning and instructional design principles. She can be reached at [e-mail].

Richard J. Mueller’s career encompassed thirty years as a professor of educational psychology, and he has written four textbooks and numerous articles. Mueller had a master’s degree and a PhD in educational psychology. Prior to receiving his advanced degrees, Mueller worked as a junior high school and high school English and social studies teacher. Mueller passed away in 2005.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: Needed: A Revolution in Learning
Chapter 2: The Educational Technology Solution
Chapter 3: An Individualized Plan Based on Types of Memory
Chapter 4: Improving Learning – “Lower Brain”
Chapter 5: Improving Learning – “Higher Brain”
Chapter 6: Enhancing Attention and Perception
Chapter 7: Promoting Better Memory and Assessment
Chapter 8: Enhancing Knowledge Formation
Chapter 9: Providing for Experience – it’s the Best Teacher
Chapter 10: Cognitive and Technological Skill-Building
Chapter 11: Applications for Cognitive and Technological Skill-Building
Chapter 12: Individualizing Instruction
Chapter 13: Applications for Individualized Instruction
References

Editorial Reviews

Bernat's Individualized Learning with Technology – Meeting the Needs of High School Students adds important insights and strategies to meet the individualized needs of today's high school student. From the latest brain-based research to alternative ways to deliver instruction this book provides a researched-based guide to supporting and assisting high school students to thrive in their educational experience. This is an important read for educators.

Mike Agostinelli

This ambitious manuscript includes extensive references from psychology, education, learning theory, brain research, and personal connections, all with examples and bits of humor. In making her case for infusing technology into the curriculum as an integral strand for secondary students, Christine Bernat has systematically provided theory from the greatest thinkers and philosophers, coupled with current learning theories and practices. I admire her passion in giving a positive direction and a thrust for improvement. The bottom line is to “get to the IT”. And she has most definitely presented in this way.

Bobbie Barrett

The ways we are expected to engage in lifelong learning have changed for adults and for those approaching adulthood. Christine Bernat, by stressing the use of individualized training for high school students, suggests ways to embrace technology and develop adolescents into adults who engage in productive, progressive learning. The book, Individualized Learning With Technology, while not being overly prescriptive about particular software programs, invokes the psychological and philosophical underpinnings educators have long trusted to make a case for revolutionizing high school education by expanding the menu of practices.

Dana Haring