A Descriptive Analysis of the Development of the Learning Resources Center, School of Nursing, University of Alabama in Birmingham.

As portions of George Orwell's 1984 (1949) and Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock (1970) approach the realm of reality, it is possible that human learning in the future will likewise have characteristics that most people deem an impossibility today. Tomorrow's learner will demand accessibility to a variety of information relevant to his or her programmed courses of study. According to Goodlad, O’Toole, and Tyler (1966), tomorrow's learner will process more information at a faster rate and with more comprehension than does the learner of today. Future educators will be required to abandon certain segments of education as we know it today, and develop alternative methods of information transfer. Tomorrow's students will expect relevant and purposeful instruction (Unruh & Alexander, 1974). It is highly possible that the student of the future will not accept "traditional education" as it now exists. The future learner may want to learn by doing, by being actively involved, and most importantly, tomorrow's student will expect to excel at his or her own pace (Bomar, Heidbreder, & Nemeyer, 1973). Educators of the future will not only fulfill the learning needs of tomorrow's student, but they will have to consider meeting certain social, psychological, emotional, and environmental needs as well. Tomorrow's educator will educate by facilitating learning for the learner (Hostrop, 1973).

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Year

1975

Author dc:creator

• Horns, Frederick F, III

• Human learning
• Future educators
• Traditional education
• Tomorrow's learner
• Toffler
• Alvin

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.library.uab.edu/etd-collection/7054

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oai:digitalcommons.library.uab.edu:etd-collection-8046