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| Title: | Learner-centered teaching : five key changes to practice / |
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| Database Name: | WorldCat |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Maryellen Weimer |
| ISBN: | 0787956465 (alk. paper); 9780787956462 (alk. paper) |
| Notes: | Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-242) and index. Content: Lessons on learning -- What changes when teaching is learner-centered? The balance of power. The function of content. The role of the teacher. The responsibility for learning. The purpose and processes of evaluation -- Implementing the learner-centered approach. Responding to resistance. Taking a developmental approach. Making learner-centered teaching work. |
| Description: | xxv, 258 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Lessons on learning -- What changes when teaching is learner-centered? The balance of power. The function of content. The role of the teacher. The responsibility for learning. The purpose and processes of evaluation -- Implementing the learner-centered approach. Responding to resistance. Taking a developmental approach. Making learner-centered teaching work. |
| Responsibility: | Maryellen Weimer. |
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Weimer, Maryellen, 1947- Learner-centered teaching. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2002 (OCoLC)606838801 |
| Year: | c2002. |
| Publisher: | San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, |
| Standard Numbers: | LCCN: 2002005662 |
| Class Descriptors: | LC Class No.: LB2331; Dewey No.: 378.1/2 |
| Series: | The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series; Variation: Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series. |
| More information: | |
| OCLC No.: | 49238562 |
Abstract:
"Learner-Centered Teaching shows how to tie teaching and curriculum to the process and objectives of learning rather than to the content delivery alone."--Jacket.
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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) Read more...
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