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The learner-centered curriculum : design and implementation
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The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series

Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series.
Publication Information:
San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, 2012.
Physical Description:
xxii, 241 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781118049556

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THE LEARNER-CENTERED CURRICULUM

"If an institution is to be truly learner-centered, all processes and practices need to be learner-centered, and the curriculum is no exception." --From the Preface

The Learner-Centered Curriculum is for educators and administrators who envision an educational environment that produces students who are creative and autonomous learners. By encouraging an appreciation and adoption of learner-centered practices, educators can transform their curricula to become more focused on the learner.

The book presents a framework for curriculum design based on learner-centered principles while at the same time offering technical advice on implementation as well as the strategic use of assessment, technology, and physical spaces to support innovative design. The authors include several examples of existing curricula that illustrate their framework in practice. Throughout the book, they emphasize the need for assessment, both formative and summative, stressing the point that assessment is an effective driver of change. The book includes a wide variety of options both for individual classroom practice and for programmatic assessment.

The Learner-Centered Curriculum explores the current technology and tools available to educators that can support learner-centered practices and foster autonomous learning and demonstrates how technology can assist in removing some of the obstacles to achieving a learner-centered design. In addition, the authors explain the importance of physical spaces in relation to learner-centered curricular design and show how to tie renovation to curricular implementation to foster incentive to innovate and provide a physical manifestation of learner-centered principles.


Author Notes

THE AUTHORS

Roxanne Cullen is a professor of English at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan, where she has also acted as associate vice president for academic affairs.

Michael Harris is the chancellor of Indiana University-Kokomo. He and Roxanne Cullen coauthored Leading the Learner-Centered Campus: An Administrative Framework for Improving Student Learning Outcomes from Jossey-Bass.

Reinhold R. Hill is dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Governors State University in Illinois.


Table of Contents

Forewordp. ix
Prefacep. xiii
Acknowledgmentsp. xix
About the Authorsp. xxi
1 Why Redesign Curriculum?p. 1
2 Curriculum Design in the Instructional Paradigmp. 23
3 The Learner-Centered Curriculump. 45
4 Leading Curricular Implementationp. 73
5 Learner-Centered Design in Practicep. 105
6 Assessment Aimed at Learner Autonomyp. 127
7 Innovating Through Technologyp. 159
8 Learning Spaces That Support Learner-Centered Curriculap. 183
Closing Thoughtsp. 209
Referencesp. 211
Indexp. 227