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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828601203321

Autore

Weimer Maryellen <1947->

Titolo

Learner-centered teaching : five key changes to practice / / Maryellen Weimer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, : Jossey-Bass, 2013

ISBN

1-118-41903-0

1-299-14785-2

1-118-41616-3

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Classificazione

EDU015000

Disciplina

378.1/2

Soggetti

College teaching

Learning, Psychology of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Foundations of the learner-centered approach -- pt. 2. The five key changes to practice -- pt. 3. Implementing the learner-centered approach.

Sommario/riassunto

"In this new edition of the classic work, 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, including the most up-to-date examples of practice in action from a variety of disciplines, an entirely new chapter on the research support for learner-centered approaches, and a more in-depth discussion of how students' developmental issues impact the effectiveness of learner-centered teaching. Learner-Centered Teaching shows how to tie teaching and curriculum to the process and objectives of learning rather than to the content delivery alone"--