Helping Students Learn in a Learner-Centered Environment: A Guide to Facilitating Learning in Higher Education Contributor(s): Doyle, Terry (Author) |
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ISBN: 1579222226 ISBN-13: 9781579222222 Publisher: Routledge
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: January 2008 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Higher - Education | Learning Styles |
Dewey: 378.17 |
LCCN: 2007038267 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.8" L (0.70 lbs) 216 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents |
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Publisher Description: "Oh boy, am I glad this book is here. Terry Doyle's book brings together findings that will enable us to answer what so many college & university faculty members want to know: How do we enable our students to learn to learn (and love it)? If your goal is to develop lifelong learners, this book is a guidebook for your practice."--Laurie Richlin, Charles Drew University of Medicine and Health Sciences "This book is brilliant in that it does three things very simply and without unnecessary complexity: it explains why learner-centered environments should be used, how to create them (complete with how to sell students on an approach that will actually help them), and how to tell when students are learning. What is different about this book is that Terry Doyle outlines WHY students will resist this change. His point-by-point guidance on creating a learner-centered classroom incorporates a strategy for bringing the students along as willing participants."--Todd Zakrajsek, Director of the Faculty Center for Innovative Teaching at Central Michigan University Taking as his starting point students' attitudes toward, and unfamiliarity with, learner-centered classrooms, Terry Doyle explains that motivating students to engage with this practice first of all requires explaining its underlying rationale, and then providing guidance on how to learn in this environment. This book is about how to help students acquire the new skills and knowledge they need to take on unfamiliar roles and responsibilities. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tagg, John: - John Tagg is Associate Professor of English at Palomar College in San Macros, California, and author of The Learning Paradigm College.Doyle, Terry: - Terry Doyle is the Chief Instructor for Faculty Development and Coordinator of the New Faculty Transition Program for the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning at Ferris State University. He has worked with faculty on 30 campuses across the country on how to develop a learner centered teaching practice and has spoken at over fifty national, international, and regional conferences on topics of teaching and learning over the past eight years. He is a regular featured presenter at Lilly conferences. He is a Professor of Reading and Learning Disabilities at Ferris State where he has taught for the past 30 years. |
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