CQUniversity
Browse

The learner as a client

Download (39.37 kB)
Version 2 2025-01-07, 22:54
Version 1 2017-12-06, 00:00
conference contribution
posted on 2017-12-06, 00:00 authored by E Sedibe
Institutions of higher learning such as universities and Technikon's are primarily dedicated to learning and the furtherance of understanding. These institutions have as their client, a community of learners (students). A community of learners therefore refers to the way in which education, research, human relations, curriculum development, academic support services programmes, administration and development attended to and managed within a framework of learning and the willingness to learn. Academic staff, students, administrative and professional staff and management all play their part in enhancing the learning community. The behaviour of such a community is based on principles and guidelines determined by productive learning. Examples include: respect for another's view, candour and expectancy of candour, careful listing, postponing judgement, open-mindedness, flexibility and persistence. Learner diversity thus is addressed from an academic viewpoint, implying that this phenomenon (learners diversity) can be accommodated through participative, purposeful and proactive cultivation of a community of learners.

Funding

Category 1 - Australian Competitive Grants (this includes ARC, NHMRC)

History

Parent Title

International Lifelong Learning Conference : papers from the 2nd International Lifelong Learning Conference, Yeppoon, Central Queensland, Australia, 16-19 June 2002.

Start Page

1

End Page

6

Number of Pages

6

Start Date

2002-01-01

ISBN-10

1876780193

Location

Yeppoon, Qld.

Publisher

Central Queensland University

Place of Publication

Rockhampton, Qld.

Peer Reviewed

  • No

Open Access

  • No

External Author Affiliations

Central Queensland University; Central University of Technology, Free State;

Era Eligible

  • No

Name of Conference

Lifelong Learning Conference

Usage metrics

    CQUniversity

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC