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Learner Centered Teaching

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Blogs

 

Roger, "Assessment FOR Learning", PCCMathRedesign, August 9, 2012, <http://pccmathredesign.wordpress.com/2012/08/09/assessment-for-learning/>, Accessed August 9, 2012

brief discussion of difference between assessing for learning (formative) and assessing of learning (summative) ... also includes links to articles and blogs on assessing FOR learning

 

Siemens, George, "Teaching in Social and Technological Networks", Connectivism, February 16, 2010, <http://www.connectivism.ca/?p=220>, Accessed February 26, 2010

teacher control being replaced by teacher influence where instead of controlling a classroom, we influence or shape a network ... roles for teacher include (i) amplifying, (ii) curating, (iii) wayfinding and socially-driven sensemaking (iv) aggregating, (v) filtering, (vi) modeling, and (vii) being a persistent presence

 

Weimer, Maryellen, "Five Characteristics of Learner-Centred Teaching", Faculty Focus, August 8, 2012, <http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/effective-teaching-strategies/five-characteristics-of-learner-centered-teaching/>, accessed August 8, 2012

the five characteristics that define learner-centred teaching ... (i) engages students in the "hard, messy work of learning", (ii) includes explicit skills instruction, (iii) encourages students to reflect on what they are learning and how they are learning it, (iv) motivates students by giving them some control over learning processes, (v) encourages collaboration

 

Books

 

Blumberg, Phyllis, Developing learner-centered teaching : a practical guide for faculty, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 2008

reviews learner centered principles (knowledge base, strategic processing and executive control, motivation and affect, development and individual difference,  and situation) ... discusses five dimensions of learner centered teaching (i) function of content, (ii) role of instructor, (iii) responsibility for learning, (iv) assessment, and (v) balance of power 

 

Videos

 

Meyer, Dan, "Math Curriculum Makeover", TEDxNYED, March 6, 2010, <http://rodaniel.blogspot.com/2010/05/problem-solving-is-better-when-its.html>, Accessed May 4, 2010

blog that links to Meyer's short TED video on teaching problem solving instead of question solving 

 

 

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