Learner-Centered Education
"The learner-centered university of the 21st century will focus on the educational needs of the student rather than the structure and needs of the teaching institution." - USC's Plan for Increasing Academic Excellence
- Learner-Centered Education Across the Disciplines at USC Video (Quicktime format) of the 23 February 2006 USC Faculty Assembly
- Inventory of Learner-Centered Teaching at USC
- Learner-Centered Teaching and Education at USC: A Resource for Faculty
- USC's Plan for Increasing Academic Excellence - parts II.C. Promoting Learner-Centered Education and III.D. Increase Responsiveness to Learners
- CET Learner-Centered Resources
"From Teaching to Learning -A New Paradigm for Undergraduate Education", Barr & Tagg, 1995
One definition of "learner-centered" - environments that pay careful attention to the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and beliefs that learners bring to the educational setting. - Cransford, Brown, & Cocking, 1999
Another list of principles includes "seeing the learner as decision maker in the learning process, building relationships for open communication, inviting participation by learners in goal setting through needs assessment, honoring cultural perspectives, and realizing the accountability of the teacher to the learners." - Vella & Vella, 2002