Title :
Self-esteem: the keystone of learning?
Author :
Gaston, Fiona ; Cappello, Peter
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Birmingham Univ., UK
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;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1996. FIE '96. 26th Annual Conference., Proceedings of
Conference_Location :
Salt Lake City, UT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3348-9
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.1996.573082
