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“A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and
commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.”
Henry David Thoreau, American editor and philosopher

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

What is What is Process Education?
Process Education?
Have you ever thought much about learning? Not about wanting to learn or what
Learning Skills you’re learning, but how learning actually happens? Have you ever thought about
thinking? Though these might seem to be odd questions, they are at the heart
Processes of your role as a student and affect who you are and who you hope to become,
throughout the course of your life.
Methodologies
Psychologists have thought a lot about how we think. Educational psychologists
Critical Reflection have applied much of their work to the process of learning, which has led to
the development of many different strategies for encouraging, facilitating, and
Assessment improving learning.

Rubrics As a student in college, you are certainly learning, but you are most likely not
aware of the theories and practices behind the scenes. You probably assume that
Collaborative your instructors or professors know how to make you learn. Well, this book was
Learning written with a different idea in mind.

Life Vision Portfolio With this book, you become the master of your learning experience and the
person in charge of your own learning. It might help to think of yourself as an
Structure of “athlete of learning.” As a student, you are in training to strengthen and hone
the Book your ability to learn. You will have to exercise your learning muscles and practice
new learning techniques in order to become a better learning athlete. You’re not
Structure of on your own; you have professors and instructors who act as coaches to facilitate
a Chapter your growth and improvement. This book is a kind of training manual for the
Structure of athlete of learning. But the bottom line is that just as no one else can exercise
an Activity for a runner, no one else can do your training for you. It will provide you with
the knowledge and tools you need in order to become a top-notch learner.
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The underlying ideas covered in this course are based on a successful educational
approach called Process Education™. The basis of Process Education is the
assumption that every learner, regardless of current ability, can improve his or
her ability to learn. This is done through the use and improvement of learning
skills. You, as a learner, can improve your learning skills by applying processes,
methodologies, and other tools to your learning challenges. Also central to
Process Education is the concept of assessment, especially self-assessment, as
a way to monitor and improve your performance as a student.

You’ll find these core elements of Process Education used throughout this book.
The information on the next few pages will provide an overview of how these
different pieces fit together, and give you insight into how this book is designed
and how you can use it to achieve maximum impact as an athlete of learning.

GLOSSARY Process Education learning activity critical reflection
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