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Junior Leader Training: Manager of Learning (aka Effective Teaching)
Author: Brian Phelps
Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 00:00
Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 00:00
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Managing Learning: ASKing learners what they need to know White Stag Newsletter Vol. 1, No 3 Courtesy of White Stag Junior Leader Development http://www.whitestag.org/ This occasional newsletter, focusing today on the leadership skill Manager of Learning, is posted for informational purposes to Scouting newsgroups. Information For subscription and unsubscription information, see http://www.whitestag.org/about/newsletter.html ======================================================================= IN THIS ISSUE-- Managing Learning: ASKing learners what they need to know About Manager of Learning Web Site News Program News Comments/Questions About White Stag Contact Information--Subscribe/Unsubscribe ======================================================================= THIS MONTH'S NEWSLETTER-- Managing Learning: ASKing learners what they need to know The Manager of Learning (aka, "Effective Teaching") competency is one of the most complex topics of leadership development. In a nutshell, Manager of Learning (MOL) describes a system for exposing learners to the need to know and involving them in their own learning. MOL has four steps: 1. Guided Discovery 2. Teach/Learn 3. Application 4. Evaluation However, the Manager of Learning process is not lock-step but at the learner's own pace of discovery. It is a heuristic learning process, because learning is: o Open ended. o Not confined to one "right way". o Cyclical--new learning is based on old learning plateaus. We choose to continue to name the competency Manager of Learning rather than Effective Teaching because we believe the focus is always on the participants' learning, not the teacher's teaching. ======================================================================= This newsletter was excerpted and adapted in part from the leadership sourcebooks, "Follow the White Stag" [http://www.whitestag.org/follow/index.html] and "Resources for Leadership" [http://www.whitestag.org/resources/index.html] which together contain over over 200 pages about Manager of Learning and related ideas. ======================================================================= By learning, we mean the gaining of knowledge, the improvement of skills, or the development of attitudes in a certain area. Sometimes this is abbreviated to "KSA." Attitudes are obviously more important than skills or knowledge--after all, what is the barber going to do with that razor?--it might be better to turn it around to ASK! And it happens that asking, rather than telling, is perhaps the main difference between a teacher and a manager of learning. We ask, because maybe the learner already knows. Maybe they know but haven't realized that it applies in this situation. Or maybe they don't know they don't know. So we ask him, first. This asking comprises the first of the four steps of manager of learning, the Guided Discovery. A combination of attitudes, skills, and knowledge are usually needed to operate successfully in any specific area. Attitudes are the most important and are the most difficult to acquire. Often a new attitude must replace an old attitude before skills or knowledge can be used. The manager of learning must be able to detect this situation and know how to effect the change. Counseling techniques are often used to enable a learner to see a need for change--a change in his attitude--and accept the help you or members of his patrol or others can give him. MOL is not only one of the competencies taught in Junior Leader Training, it is a method for leadership development which is essential to participatory leadership development. Which is to say, we teach a session in Manager of Learning, and we should be applying its principles in everything we do during the entire program. ======================================================================= ABOUT MANAGER OF LEARNING For more information, see these articles๏ฟฝ About Manager of Learning http://www.whitestag.org/resources/sb218.htm#413 Guided Discovery http://www.whitestag.org/resources/sb218.htm#1323 Teach/Learn http://www.whitestag.org/resources/sb218.htm#434 Teach/Learn Methods http://www.whitestag.org/http://www.whitestag.org/resources/sb2a1.htm About Hurdles http://www.whitestag.org/resources/sb206.htm#2575 Learning Discussion Checklist http://www.whitestag.org/follow/sb106f.html#73415 Chris and The Learning Process http://www.whitestag.org/resources/sb204.htm#1120 Managing Your Physical Behavior http://www.whitestag.org/resources/sb204.htm#1373 Avoiding Buzz Words http://www.whitestag.org/resources/sb204.htm#1151 Using Charts Effectively http://www.whitestag.org/resources/sb204.htm#1155 Application http://www.whitestag.org/resources/sb218.htm#442 Evaluation http://www.whitestag.org/resources/sb218.htm#1639 Evaluation Instruments http://www.whitestag.org/follow/sb106.html "Manager of Learning Session Evaluation" http://www.whitestag.org/follow/sb106e.html#73209 Long-term Application http://www.whitestag.org/resources/sb218.htm#1715 The Leadership Growth Agreement http://www.whitestag.org/follow/sb106.html#62863 ======================================================================= WEB SITE NEWS We've upgraded our search capabilities to completely index the entire site, including the full text of our two leadership sourcebooks. Try the new HotBot search engine for yourself! See http://www.whitestag.org/search.html . ======================================================================= PROGRAM NEWS Summer Camp Applications The good news is that summer camp registration for Camp Pico Blanco in June is already full at 176 candidates. The additional good news is that White Stag at Camp Marin Sierra during August is still accepting reservations. All Scouts and Explorers age 11-18 are welcome to apply. Contact Diana Bauer at bauer@value.net for information. Adult Orientation Orientations are held during the week program. Contact Steve Cardinalli (stevec@whitestag.org) or Diana Bauer (bauer@value.net) for schedules. White Stag Junior Leader Training has always been a volunteer, non-profit organization. Parents and adult leaders are always welcome to participate and get a first-hand experience of what their youth take part in. ======================================================================= COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? Head over to the Leadership Forum on the White Stag Web at http://www.whitestag.org/ws_forum/index.html . ======================================================================= ABOUT WHITE STAG The White Stag Web at http://www.whitestag.org/ is devoted to Junior Leadership Training, and specifically contains the web's largest collection of information about the eleven leadership skills of Scouting. The White Stag program was the origin of the 11 skills back in the 1960's (see The Historical Background of the Eleven Leadership Skills. http://www.whitestag.org/history/skills_history.html). We are still going strong, putting on two, soon to be three, summer camps for over 200 youth each summer. The web site includes over 500 pages devoted to leadership, so perhaps you will find some info of use to you. If you think other Scouters might find the information on the White Stag Web of interest, we invite you to add a link from your web site to ours. Free link banners are available at http://www.whitestag.org/about/graphics.html . Let us know so we can return the favor! ======================================================================= SUMMER CAMP APPLICATIONS Summer camp at Camp Pico Blanco is full. White Stag at Camp Marin Sierra is still accepting reservations. All Scouts and Explorers age 11-18 are welcome to apply. Contact Diana Bauer at bauer@value.net for information. ======================================================================= CONTACT INFORMATION To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE -------------------------------------------------- This email is never sent unsolicited. If you have received this e-mail from a friend, and wish to be on our mailing list, or if you wish to unsubscribe from this newsletter, see http://www.whitestag.org/about/newsletter.html ======================================================================= Follow The White Stag, Brian Phelps Webmaster btphelps@whitestag.org http://www.whitestag.org/ White Stag Leadership Development for Youth /\__/\ \ ^^ / \ / Once an Fox, \/ Always a Fox
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