Book: Hands Off! 70 Active Learning Strategies for Massage and Bodywork Education
Virginia S Cowen (Author)
Active learning keeps students interested and engaged. Even when the course is not hands on. 70 Active learning strategies for massage and bodywork education was written for instructors in therapeutic massage and bodywork professional training programs. It is a professional development text for educators.
Teaching in the Fast Lane: How to Create Active Learning Experiences by Suzy Pepper Rollins offers teachers a way to increase student engagement: an active classroom. The active classroom is about creating learning experiences differently, so that students engage in exploration of the content and take on a good share of the responsibility for their own…
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Self-direction in Adult Learning: Perspectives on Theory, Research and Practice by Ralph Brockett and Roger Hiemstra provides the reader with a comprehensive synthesis of developments, issues and practices related to a self-direction in learning. it presents strategies for facilitating self-directed learning as an instructional method and for enhancing learner self-direction as an aspect of adult…
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With a new introduction and afterword, this revised second edition of Mentor: Guiding the Journey of Adult Learners by Laurent A. Daloz is a practical, engaging exploration of mentoring and its power to transform learning. Filled with inspiring vignettes, Mentor shows how anyone who teaches can become a successful mentor to students. Topics covered include…
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Master Educator, third edition by Letha Barnes provides the backbone of the instructor theory for the beauty and wellness educator. The text presents educators with the teaching skills and educational judgments necessary to become an effective and successful instructor. The content in Master Educator is designed for flexibility, being used in programs ranging from a…
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Interprofessional Education and Collaboration: An Evidence-Based Approach to Optimizing Health Care is a groundbreaking text in the field of interprofessional education (IPE) and interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP). As the health care industry continues to grow, it is critical that those entering health care careers possess interprofessional competency and a collaborative skill set. As such, the World…
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In 2009, six national associations of schools of health professions formed a collaborative to promote and encourage constituent efforts that would advance substantive interprofessional learning experiences. The goal was, and remains, to help prepare future health professionals for enhanced team-based care of patients and improved population health outcomes. The collaborative, representing dentistry, nursing, medicine, osteopathic…
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Learning Assessment Techniques provides 50 easy-to-implement active learning techniques that gauge student learning across academic disciplines and learning environments. Using Fink’s Taxonomy of Significant Learning as its organizational framework, it embeds assessment within active learning activities.
Building on the insights of his highly acclaimed earlier work, The Skillful Teacher, and applying the principles of adult learning, Brookfield thoughtfully guides teachers through the processes of becoming critically reflective about teaching, confronting the contradictions involved in creating democratic classrooms, and using critical reflection as a tool for ongoing personal and professional development. This…
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Visual Language for Designers: Principles for Creating Graphics that People Understand by Connie Malamed presents visual design principles based on the science of how people perceive, process and understand graphics. It includes over 300 graphics contributed by talented artists and designers from around the world. It explores these six principles: 1. How to organize graphics…
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Teaching Massage: Fundamental Principles in Adult Education for Massage Program Instructors by Anne Williams et al equips you with the knowledge and skills needed to give each student every opportunity to excel. You’ll learn the gamut of techniques and practices that have proven successful in enabling adult learners to master massage therapy. All aspects of teaching…
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The Skillful Teacher: On Technique, Trust, and Responsiveness in the Classroom, 3rd Edition, by Stephen D. Brookfield offers inspiration and down-to-earth advice to new and seasoned teachers. It is a comprehensive guide that shows how to thrive on the unpredictability and diversity of classroom life and includes insights developed from the hundreds of workshops conducted…
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Written by teachers for teachers, Sand to Sky: Conversations with Teachers of Asian Medicine by Pamela Ellen Ferguson and Debra Duncan Persinger PhD provides practical and experiential insights to challenge tradition and to focus on creative and diverse approaches to education. This book offers a lively question-and-answer format to highlight the personalities and methodologies of…
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs’s wildly popular presentations have set a new global gold standard—and The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs offers a step-by-step guide to show you how to use his crowd-pleasing techniques in your presentations. Communications expert Carmine Gallo has studied and analyzed the very best of Jobs’s performances, offering point-by-point examples, tried-and-true techniques,…
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Practical Guide to Teaching Adults Technical Subjects by Henry Morse is a no-nonsense resource covers the day-to-day information that you will need to teach a successful class, including how to write a complete outline and lesson plan, how to reach different groups of people, how to handle difficult issues such as discipline and class control…
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Naked Presenter, The: Delivering Powerful Presentations With or Without Slides by Garr Reynolds is an invaluable resource from the author for the best-selling books Presentation Zen and Presentation Zen Design, you will discover how to get to the core of your message and deliver presentations that are as natural as they are memorable. Whether you…
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Enhancing Adult Motivation to Learn by Raymond J. Wlodkowski and Margery B. Ginsberg provides adult educators with the information and strategies they need to guide non-traditional students toward positive educational outcomes. Providing a clear framework, guidelines for instructional planning, real-world examples, and cutting-edge ideas, this book fills the need for intrinsically motivating instruction targeted specifically…
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The Massage Therapy Foundation has designed the free eBook Instructors’ Guide to Teaching Research to complement instructors’ current methods for teaching research and research literacy to students. Some prior knowledge of research concepts and terminology is recommended in order for educators to make the most of this content. The Instructors’ Guide to Teaching Research is…
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This update of a pioneering classic, The Adult Learner, 7th Edition: The Definitive Classic in Adult Education and Human Resource Development, contains all Knowles’ original chapters alongside a new second part by Holton and Swanson charting the advancements on the core principles of tailoring education to the learning needs of adults, and how their life experience…
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Solidly grounded in theory and research, but concise and practice-oriented, Adult Learning: Linking Theory and Practice is perfect for master’s-level students and practitioners alike. Sharan Merriam and Laura Bierema have infused each chapter with practical applications for instruction which will help readers personally relate to the material.
