• DocumentCode
    306807
  • Title

    Self-esteem: the keystone of learning?

  • Author

    Gaston, Fiona ; Cappello, Peter

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Birmingham Univ., UK
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    6-9 Nov 1996
  • Firstpage
    842
  • Abstract
    The authors argue for returning responsibility for learning to the students. Doing so, they believe, helps students develop a greater capacity for innovation, self-management, self-direction and initiative, and helps them attain a higher level of knowledge, skill, independence, self-reliance, and self-trust...in a word, self-esteem
  • Keywords
    engineering education; human factors; independence; initiative; innovation; knowledge; learning responsibility; self-direction; self-esteem; self-management; self-reliance; self-trust; skill; students; Books; Computer science; Continuing education; Engineering education; Humans; Knowledge engineering; Negative feedback loops; Problem-solving; Quality management; Security;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Frontiers in Education Conference, 1996. FIE '96. 26th Annual Conference., Proceedings of
  • Conference_Location
    Salt Lake City, UT
  • ISSN
    0190-5848
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3348-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/FIE.1996.573082
  • Filename
    573082