Learning by mutual commitment: broadening the concept of learning contracts.
A learning environment where students may negotiate with the course directors on the objectives and contents of a course, and where the teachers from pre-stated teaching and pedagogical obligations, may also negotiate with the students on what realistic demands they can meet when adjusting to individual students' needs, could be regarded as a set-up where learning by mutual commitment takes place. In order to support and to elaborate on reported experiences from using contracts as a learning device (Solomon, 1992), experiences gained from the Medical School of Witten/Herdecke, Germany, will be presented.
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Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D005858:Germany; D017008:Negotiating; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods