Learner Persistence and Self-Efficacy (w)

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Overview

How do we create or enhance conditions in ABE programs that help to increase learner persistence? This workshop will give you practical ideas to use in your classrooms and programs as well as look at the concept of self-efficacy and its impact on our students.

Details

How do we create or enhance conditions in ABE programs that help to increase learner persistence? Why is it important to do so? Why do some activities and efforts work with some learners and not others? This workshop is based on a longer, study-circle model on the topic, created by NCSALL (The National Center for the Study of Adult Literacy and Learning). You will gain practical ideas to use in your classrooms and programs that will impact learner persistence. In addition, we will look more in-depth at the concept of self-efficacy, one area of improving learner persistence.

When

January 30, 2009 from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm

Where

• Holyoke Community College
• Kittredge Center - Room 302
• 303 Homestead Avenue
• Holyoke, MA 01040

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Registration Deadline

Sep 30, 2008 at 11:00 AM

Topics

ABE, ESOL, GED, Counseling, Other Curriculum & Instruction

Multi-session attendance required

no

Contact info

Michele Sedor
msedor@hcc.mass.edu
(413) 552-2442

Indicators of Program Quality

IPQ1 - Curriculum and instruction

Learning objectives

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Describe two new ways to support learner persistence;
• Explain the concept of self-efficacy. and
  
• Explain two new ways to work with students on increasing self-efficacy.
  

Presenters

Michele Sedor

Presenters Bio

Michele Sedor has worked at SABES West since 1999 and has worked in the field of adult education for over 20 years. In 2008, she led a NCSALL study circle on learner persistence and then facilitated three, shorter workshops on the topics in local ABE programs.

Host RSC

West Massachusetts Region

PDPs

no