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

By: Weimer, Maryellen, 1947-.
Series: Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series.Publisher: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2002Description: xxiii, 258 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0787956465 (hbk.); 9780787956462 (hbk.).Subject(s): College teaching | Learning, Psychology ofDDC classification: 378.12
Contents:
Preface. - The author. - 1. Lessons on learning. - Pt. 1. 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. - Pt. 2. Implementing the learner-centered approach. 7. Responding to resistance. 8. Taking a developmental approach. 9. Making learner-centered teaching work. - Appendixes. - A. Syllabus and learning log. B. Handouts that develop learning skills. C. Reading lists. - References. - Index.
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Floor 4, Shelf 11, Side 2, TierNo 6, BayNo 1

 378.12 WEI (Browse shelf) 1 Available TBSxx,28000,03,CL 5000002048

Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-242) and index.

Preface. - The author. - 1. Lessons on learning. - Pt. 1. 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. - Pt. 2. Implementing the learner-centered approach. 7. Responding to resistance. 8. Taking a developmental approach. 9. Making learner-centered teaching work. - Appendixes. - A. Syllabus and learning log. B. Handouts that develop learning skills. C. Reading lists. - References. - Index.