期刊名称:South African Journal of Communication Disorders
印刷版ISSN:0379-8046
电子版ISSN:2225-4765
出版年度:1997
卷号:44
期号:1
页码:53-70
DOI:10.4102/sajcd.v44i1.228
出版社:AOSIS OpenJournals
摘要:The current article suggests that alternatives to the current traditional learning methods are essentials if learning institutions are to provide people with effective life skills that enable them to be autonomous learners. This suggestion is based on a body of literature on alternative learning which stresses the need for fundamental change and hence, a paradigm shift in perception of learning in order to cope with the world-wide information explosion. The alternative non-traditional approach proposed in geodesic learning which stresses learning how to learn and self-directed inquiry as essential life skills which enable systems as well as the people in the systems to bring about their own transformation in response to changing situations and requirements. The current article discusses an alternative service delivery model, the geodesic information processing model, which falls within the realms of the geodesic philosophy. The implications of this alternative approach for the speech-language therapist are discussed.