Rigorous, differentiated, student-centered classrooms. For many educators, that’s the ideal. The trick is actually creating such classrooms, much less doing the work well. And that challenge has never ...

Rigorous, differentiated, student-centered classrooms. For many educators, that’s the ideal. The trick is actually creating such classrooms, much less doing the work well. And that challenge has never ...

In a famous essay about characters in fiction, the novelist Mary McCarthy wrote, “We are the hero of our own story.” I’m often reminded of this in my work, helping faculty to improve their teaching.

Part I : Finding out about learner-centered teaching -- Chapter 1. What is learner-centered teaching? -- The adventure begins -- What's so special about LCT? -- Learner-centered teaching : CPR for ...

Just about every professor wants to teach graduate courses. Lots of them regard it practically as their birthright, which isn’t unusual when you consider that the graduate-school experience marks ...

Student-Centered Pedagogy in Practice was a daylong, interactive workshop designed to support instructors in developing student-centered course materials and teaching strategies. Through a combination ...

July half gone, this is the time of the year that one’s thoughts may first turn toward the fall semester. Hopefully not too many thoughts. It is only July, after all. Unfortunately, I think the ...

Learning is a funny thing. the old story about the boy teaching his dog to talk is instructive in relating how teaching and learning can frequently be quite separate: Susie on the first day back at ...

We guide students to understand the world around them and to ask questions. Our goal is to help students learn how to think critically, regardless of the content or subject area, so that they may take ...

https://doi.org/10.5325/trajincschped.30.2.0163 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/trajincschped.30.2.0163 Copy URL Barr, R. B., and J. Tagg. “From Teaching ...

A new report from the Clayton Christensen Institute offers unique insights and recommendations for education as schools strive to move toward student-centered learning practices. In the report, author ...