Research Guides: TEAL/TESL Professional Resources: Theory of Teaching and Learning

Intercultural Language Teaching and Learning

This wide-ranging survey of issues in intercultural language teaching and learning covers everything from core concepts to program evaluation, and advocates a fluid, responsive approach to teaching language that reflects its central role in fostering intercultural understanding.

Learning Styles in Education and Training

The selection of papers raise a number of pertinent issues which are significant in the on-going debate regarding the value of cognitive and learning styles in education and training practice

Adult Learning

Solidly grounded in theory and research, but concise and practice-oriented

Adult Learning:

What is Andragogy?
What is it and does it help thinking about adult learning?
Engaging Adult Learners
by the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at Toronto Metropolitan University.
Principles of Adult Learning
5 Principles for the Teacher of Adults
Expansive Learning at Work: Toward an activity theoretical reconceptualization
Activity theory and its concept of expansive learning are examined with the help of four questions: 1. Who are the subjects of
learning? 2. Why do they learn? 3. What do they learn? 4. How do they learn?

Learning Styles and Strategies:

Effective Learners and a Learner-Centered Classroom
Designing effective learning requirements requires a clear understanding of, and attention to, both commonalities and differences in the learners and the learning.
Learning Style Questionnaire
How Do I Learn Best?

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