Designing Student-Centered Learning Environments for Higher Education Classrooms
ISSN
0163-9676
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2013-05-01
Author(s)
Abstract
In a constantly changing and increasingly globalized and competitive world higher education institutions as creators of knowledge and producers of human capital need to continue to modernize to face today’s global, economic, demographic, technological and social realities. This multiple case study research investigates how expert instructors in the field of higher education design student-centered learning environments that engage students in deep learning. Multiple qualitative data collection methods were used in each of the three cases over the course of one academic term, respectively. The study has discovered the following crucial concepts and provides concrete examples of progressive higher education learning and teaching: course organization, class culture, class community, and roles of the instructor (e.g. model, facilitator of activities, feedback giver).
Funding(s)
Language
English
Keywords
Student-centered learning
learning environments
higher education
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Book title
Education and Poverty: Theory, Research, Policy and Praxis
Publisher
American Educational Research Association
Publisher place
Washington
Event Title
13th American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting
Event Location
San Francisco, California, USA
Event Date
27.04.-01.05.2013
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Division(s)
Eprints ID
222825