How to improve your learning for grounds management

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Learners are encouraged to take more ownership of their learning journey, being pro-active in their learning by having a greater emphasis on discussing, enquiring, exploring, interacting with others, investigating, researching, self-assessing, and also working independently to manage and control their learning.

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A visual representation of how memory declines over time if there is no attempt to retain the learning that originally took place.

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A theory of learning, devised by Robert Gagne, in which there are 5 main categories of learning, and which help in the process of the acquisition of skills and knowledge.

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The emphasis for this theory is on engaging in online networks of shared learning through conversations and discussions with peers.

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This is a student undertaking self-determined learning, with a student deciding what is best for them to learn, how they learn and how they utilise available resources.

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A constructivist theory of learning that is based on Kolb's ideas, which identifies 4 types of learner and how best they learn.

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A systematic approach to the design, development, deployment and delivery of a learning programme.

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The activity of documenting thoughts, ideas and especially reflections in a journal, which might be considered an extended version of a diary.

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We can consider knowledge as consisting of two parts, or two stages: knowledge and understanding.

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Malcolm Knowles popularised the term andragogy and identified six assumptions which related to adult learners, in contrast to child learners.

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