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Cultivating the Learner-Centered Classroom
From Theory to Practice
- Kaia Tollefson - California State University, Channel Islands, USA
- Monica K. Osborn - California State University, Channel Islands, USA
February 2008 | 216 pages | Corwin
Cultivating the Learner-Centered Classroom, a progressively-oriented guide for teaching, provides teachers with concrete strategies for making a fundamental shift in educational thought and in practice: from behaviorism to constructivism, from control to cooperation, from following recipes to understanding the learning process, from meeting standards to individualizing expectations and instruction, and from coercing students' obedience to facilitating their authority and autonomy. The authors offer practical procedures and strategies that are aligned with progressive educational thought, and bridge theory and practice concerning the following aspects of teaching:
1) facilitating community development in the classroom
2) facilitating community development with parents
3) classroom organization
4) observing and assessing student growth 5) planning instruction
6) individual, small group, and whole group instruction
7) evaluating and reporting student growth
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction: Progressivism and Traditionalism—A Continuum of Educational Thought
1. Facilitating Community Development in the Classroom
2. Classroom Organization
3. Observing and Assessing What Students Know and Can Do
4. Planning Instruction
5. Evaluating and Reporting Student Growth
6. Facilitating Community Development With Parents
7. Holding On: Leading With Heart
References
Index
“Packs in tips on how to facilitate learning communities within and outside the classroom. The keys here will provide teachers with a lifetime of options.”
Midwest Book Review
