Contract Learning Toolkit

 

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Books

The seminal book written by the 'godfather' of learning contracts, Malcolm Knowles, is:

Using Learning Contracts: Practical Approaches to Individualizing and Structuring Learning (1986) College Park, MD, Jossey-Bass.

Other books of interest on this and related topics are:

Anderson, G. et al. (1996). Learning Contracts: A Practical Guide. Stylus Publishing, Inc.

Berte, N. (Ed.). (1975). Individualizing Education through Contract Learning.  Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.

Boak, G. (1998). A Complete Guide to Learning Contracts. Gower Publishing Company.

Knowles, M. (1980). The Modern Practice of Adult Education:  From Pedagogy to Andragogy. Chicago: Associated Press.

Stephenson, J. & Laycock, M. (Ed.). (1993). Using Learning Contracts in Higher Education. Kogan Page Limited.

 

Articles - General

Cristiano, M. (1993) I Want to Learn What I Want to Learn in the Way I Choose To Learn It:  Using Learning Contracts.  Paper Presented at the Western States Communication Association Great Ideas for Teaching Speech Community College Interest Group. (ERIC Accession Number ED 372038).

Jenkins, J. & Keefe, J. (2001, December).  Strategies for Personalizing Instruction: A Typology for Improving Teaching and Learning.  NASSP Bulletin, 85, 72-82

Kasworm, C. (1983, Fall-Win).  An Examination of Self-Directed Contract Learning as an Institutional Strategy.  Innovative Higher Education, 8, 45-54

Knowles, M.  (1980, June)  MALCOLM KNOWLES ON...THE MAGIC OF CONTRACT LEARNING, Training & Development Journal, 34(6), 76. 

 

Articles - Discipline Specific

    Science

Burke, J. (1977, March)  Contract Learning in Geography.  Journal of Geography, 76, 86-90

Garrett, R. J. & Williams, B. (1976, February). A Contract Learning Laboratory Program in Physiology and Pharmacodynamics. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 40, 51-58. 

Rodger, D. & Ryan A. (1998) Sign on the Dotted Line.  Science Scope, 21, 22-24.

    Nursing

Brown, S. & Martin, C. (1984).  Contract Learning: A Leadership Experience for the RN Student in a BSN Program.   (ERIC Accession Number ED 248796).

Chan, S. et al. (2000, February).  Implementing contract learning in a clinical context: report on a study.  Journal of Advanced Nursing, 31(2), 298-305.

    Communications

Stephens, L. & Motes, S. (1980, October). Contract Learning,  Journalism Educator, 35, 48-49.

    History

Harris, J. (1994).  The Effectiveness of Student Learning Contracts in a Public Communication College History Course.   Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mid-South Educational Research Association.  (ERIC Accession Number ED 382266).

    Technology

Williams, A. & Williams, J. (1999, November) The Effects of the Use of Learning Contracts on Student Performance in Technology Teacher Training.  Research in Science and Technological Education, 17, 193-201

    Business & Management

Beitler, M.  (1999).  Contract Learning in Organizational Learning & Management Development.  Paper presented at the International Symposium on Self-Directed Learning.   (ERIC Accession Number ED 469261).

    English As a Second Language

Davidson, F. (1984).  Teaching and Testing ESL Composition through Contract Learning.  Revised version of paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages.  (ERIC Accession Number ED 245560).

    Reading

Greenwood, C. (2002, December)  Contracting revisited: Lessons learned in literacy differentiation  Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 46, 338.

    English

Matulich, L. (1984, Winter).  Contract Learning in the Traditional Technical Writing Class.  Technical Writing Teacher, 11, 110-115.

Worby, D. (1977)  Independent Learning: The Uses of the Contract in English.  Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeast Regional Conference on English in the Two-Year College.  (ERIC Accession Number ED 151832).

 

Websites

Birmingham Southern College, Office of Interim and Contract Learning.  Contract Learning Center.  Website:  http://www.bsc.edu/academics/int-con/contract.htm

Koddle, J. (2006)   Using Learning Contracts in the College Classroom, retrieved from Michigan State University.  Website: http://www.msu.edu/user/coddejos/contract.htm

Teaching and Learning Home.  Learning Contracts.  Website:  http://www.learningandteaching.info/teaching/learning_contracts.htm

University of Colorado at Denver Faculty Development Workshop Online.  Learner Centered Practices: Using Learning Contracts.  Website:  http://carbon.cudenver.edu/pslab/workshops_test/learning_contracts/Default.htm

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Fine and Applied Arts.  Honors Contract Learning Agreement.  Website:  http://www.faa.uiuc.edu/about_faa/J_S_Guidelines_for_HCLA.html

University of Maryland, Philip Merrill College of Journalism.  Learning Contract Guidelines.  Website:  http://www.journalism.umd.edu/Contract.pdf

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Center for Teaching Excellence.  Active Learning, Self-Directed/Contract Learning.  Website: http://cte.umdnj.edu/active_learning/active_sdl.cfm

Worchester Polytechnic Institute, Teaching with Technology Collaboratory.  The Benefits of Learning Contracts, and How to Design One.  Website:  http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/ATC/Collaboratory/Idea/contractbenefits.html

 

Sample Learning Contracts

Classroom Learning Contract - By Melanie R.B. Morris as Used in the CAITL Project

Classroom Learning Contract - Roger Hiemstra

Individualized Learning - Evergreen College

Individualized Learning - University of Waterloo

Individualized Learning - ReadWriteThink.Org

Internship - Florida State University

Internship - Hartwick College