Document Type
Focus Area Three
Abstract
While sitting in a breakfast booth in a quiet northwestern Iowa community, I overheard an elderly businessman say, "The more I learn about it the more excited I become!" He was talking about sailboat racing, but regardless of the topic, I was impressed with his excitement, his joy in discovery, his modeling of lifelong learning. Are not he and others open to new learning throughout their lives one of the primary goals of education at all levels? What will our students need to be able to know, do and be like as a result of education in our schools? Being able to answer that question by developing learner outcomes is crucial in our changing society if we are to prepare our students to be successful anywhere in the world. One of the frequent learner attributes we desire in all our graduates, just as for the man in the coffee shop who had discovered sailboat racing, is that they become lifelong learners.
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
3
Issue
1
First Page
117
Last Page
121
Publisher
Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1992 Institute for Educational Leadership, College of Education, and University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Knowles, Maryellen S.
(1992)
"Learning to Learn: Preparing Life-Long Learners,"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 3:
No.
1, Article 28.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol3/iss1/28
