Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice
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Maryellen Weimer is associate professor of teaching and learning at the Berks- Lehigh Valley College of the Pennsylvania State University and is editor-in-chief of The Teaching Professor newsletter. She has author and coauthored numerous books including Teaching on Solid Ground: Using Scholarship to Improve Practice and Improving College Teaching: Strategies for Developing Instructional Effectiveness both from Jossey-Bass.
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Preface.
The Author.
1. Lessons on Learning.
Part One: What Changes When Teaching Is Learner-Centered?
2. The Balance of Power.
3. The Function of Content.
4. The Role of the Teacher.
5. The Responsibility for Learning.
6. The Purpose and Processes of Evaluation.
Part Two: Implementing the Learner-Centered Approach.
7. Responding to Resistance.
8. Taking a Developmental Approach.
9. Making Learner-Centered Teaching Work.
Appendix A: Syllabus and Learning Log.
Appendix B: Handouts That Develop Learning Skills.
Appendix C: Reading Lists.
References.
Index.
The Author.
1. Lessons on Learning.
Part One: What Changes When Teaching Is Learner-Centered?
2. The Balance of Power.
3. The Function of Content.
4. The Role of the Teacher.
5. The Responsibility for Learning.
6. The Purpose and Processes of Evaluation.
Part Two: Implementing the Learner-Centered Approach.
7. Responding to Resistance.
8. Taking a Developmental Approach.
9. Making Learner-Centered Teaching Work.
Appendix A: Syllabus and Learning Log.
Appendix B: Handouts That Develop Learning Skills.
Appendix C: Reading Lists.
References.
Index.
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"By staying with the book the reader will discover the book's value as a guide to the current literature about learning and teaching." (Teachers College Record, 1/13/04)
"Expertly written by Maryellen Weimer 'Learner Centered Teaching' is an invaluable resource..." (The Midwest Book Review, August 2003)
