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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Weimer, Maryellen, 1947- Learner-centered teaching. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2002 (OCoLC)606838801 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Maryellen Weimer |
| ISBN: | 0787956465 9780787956462 |
| OCLC Number: | 49238562 |
| 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. |
| Series Title: | Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series. |
| Responsibility: | Maryellen Weimer. |
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Abstract:
A comprehensive work on the meaning, practice, and ramifications of learner-centred teaching, this book presents evidence for trying teaching and curriculum to the process and objectives of learning rather than to the task of delivering content.
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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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