Developing learner-centered teaching
Subtitle: a practical guide for faculty
By: Phyllis Blumberg, foreword by Maryellen Weimer.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2008
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9780787996888
Subjects: College teaching; Student-centered learning
Description: From the Publisher: Developing Learner-Centered Teaching offers a step-by-step plan for transforming any course from teacher-centered to the more engaging learner-centered model. Filled with self-assessments and worksheets that are based on each of the five practices identified in Maryellen Weimer's Learner-Centered Teaching, this groundbreaking book gives instructors, faculty developers, and instructional designers a practical and effective resource for putting the learner-centered model into action.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Maryellen Weimer; title: Introduction; title: Understanding the rubrics; title: Tools for facilitating change and assessment; title: The function of content; title: The role of the instructor; title: The responsibility for learning; title: The purposes and processes of assessment; title: The balance of power; title: Can all courses be learner-centered?; title: Strategies for overcoming obstacles and resistance; title: Summary and conclusions; title: Appendix A : glossary of terms; title: Appendix B : the rubrics, the planning for transformation exercise, and the documentation to support the selected status form; title: Appendix C : development of the rubrics.