Full Description
In this second edition of the classic work Learner-Centered Teaching, Maryellen Weimer—one of the nation's most highly regarded authorities on effective college teaching—offers a comprehensive introduction to the topic of learner-centered teaching in the college and university classroom. This thoroughly revised and updated edition includes the most current examples of practice in action from a variety of disciplines and contains new information on the research support for learner-centered approaches. Weimer also includes a more in-depth discussion of how students' developmental issues influence the effectiveness of learner-centered teaching.
Learner-centered teaching focuses attention on what the student is learning, how the student is learning, the conditions under which the student is learning, whether the student is retaining and applying the learning, and how current learning positions the student for future learning. To help educators accomplish the goals of learner-centered teaching, this important book presents the meaning, practice, and ramifications of the learner-centered approach and how this approach transforms the college classroom environment. Learner-Centered Teaching shows how to tie teaching and curriculum to the process and objectives of learning rather than to the content delivery alone.
The book also offers well-researched advice for educators who want to transition to a learner-centered approach in their classrooms and identifies the steps to take to put into place learner-centered policies and practices. Learner-Centered Teaching provides a theoretical foundation for the learner-centered approach and outlines a positive way to improve teaching.
Contents
Preface to the Second Edition vii
Acknowledgments xiii
The Author xiv
PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS OF THE LEARNER-CENTERED APPROACH 1
1. Learner-Centered Teaching: Roots and Origins 3
2. Research: Evidence That Learner-Centered Approaches Work 28
PART TWO: THE FIVE KEY CHANGES TO PRACTICE 57
3. The Role of the Teacher 59
4. The Balance of Power 88
5. The Function of Content 114
6. The Responsibility for Learning 143
7. The Purpose and Processes of Evaluation 168
PART THREE: IMPLEMENTING THE LEARNER-CENTERED APPROACH 197
8. Responding to Resistance 199
9. Taking a Developmental Approach 218
APPENDIXES 239
1. Syllabus and Learning Log Entries for Speech Communications 100A 239
2. Resources That Develop Learning Skills 249
References 259
Name Index 275
Subject Index 279
