What is "Learner-Centered"?
Why Learner-Centered?
The Learner-Centered Classroom.
The Learner-Centered School System.
Making the Transition to Learner-Centered Classrooms and
Schools.
An Action Plan for Ongoing Learning and Change.
THE AUTHORS
Barbara L. McCombs is senior director for the human development and motivation group at the Mid-continent Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL) located in Aurora, Colorado.
Jo Sue Whisler is a senior associate at McREL.
"In an era when the idea of learner-centered teaching is widely
advocated but seldom practiced, there is finally a book uncommonly
faithful to this approach. Barbara McCombs and Jo Sue Whisler
carefully blend years of research and practice to give teachers
practical guidance and to spur the educational establishment to
urgently needed reform." (Raymond J. Wlodkowski, Ph.D., Motivation
Expert and author of Eager to Learn and Diversity and
Motivation)
"McCombs and Whisler extract powerful, practical lessons from
contemporary theories of learner-centered classrooms. As imminently
readable and insightful contribution to the field of education."
(Martin V. Covington, professor of psychology, University of
California Berkeley and author of Making the Grade and Overcoming
Student Failure)
"The Learner-Centered Classroom and School gives us a vision of a
truly powerful form of school reform--focusing the instructional
process on the learner. McCombs and Whisler not only provide a
comprehensive review of the research and theory on learning and
motivation, but they spell out in practical detail how teachers can
utilize this information to implement a learner-centered approach.
This book has the potential of drastically altering the promise and
practice of education." (Robert J. Marzano, deputy executive
director for training and development, Mid-continent Regional
Educational Laboratory, Aurora, Co and author of Dimensions of
Learning and A Comprehensive Guide to Designing Standard' Based
Districts, Schools and Classrooms)
"An especially useful tool to anyone attempting to establish a
learner-centered environment by increasing student motivation and
achievement." (Connie H. Yarema, assistant professor of
mathematics, Northeast Louisiana University)
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