ABSTRACT

The movement away from teacher-centered toward student-centered learning and teaching (SCLT) in higher education has intensified in recent decades. Yet in spite of its widespread use in literature and policy documents, SCLT remains somewhat poorly defined, under-researched and often misinterpreted. Against this backdrop, The Routledge International Handbook of Student-Centered Learning and Teaching in Higher Education offers an original, comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the fundamentals of SCLT and its discussion and applications in policy and practice.

Bringing together 71 scholars from around the world, the volume offers a most comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the fundamentals of SCLT and its applications in policy and practice; provides beacons of good practice that display how instructional expertise manifests itself in the quality of classroom learning and teaching and in the institutional environment; and critically discusses challenges, new directions and developments in pedagogy, course and study program design, classroom practice, assessment and institutional policy.

An essential resource, this book uniquely offers researchers, educators and students in higher education new insights into the roots, latest thinking, practices and evidence surrounding SCLT in higher education.

part I|106 pages

Student-centered learning and teaching theory

chapter 2|18 pages

Philosophical Problems with Constructivism

Some considerations for student-centered learning and teaching

chapter 4|17 pages

Learning and Teaching in Harmony with the Brain

Insights from neuroscience, biology, cognitive science and psychology

part II|97 pages

Student-centered learning processes and outcomes

chapter 7|16 pages

Promoting Engagement, Understanding and Critical Awareness

Tapping the potential of peer-to-peer student-centered learning experiences in the humanities and beyond

chapter 8|14 pages

Cautiously Independent

How student-centered learning encourages emerging adults to take risks

part III|105 pages

Student-centered classroom practices

chapter 14|19 pages

Student-Centered Learning Through the Lens of Universal Design for Learning

Lessons from university and K-12 classrooms

chapter 16|21 pages

Person-Centered Theory and Practice

Small versus large student-centered courses

chapter 17|17 pages

Student-Centered Learning

Investigating the impact of community-based transformational learning experiences on university students

part V|74 pages

Instructor and student support services

chapter 24|13 pages

Partners in Creating Student-Centered Learning

Case study of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard University

chapter 26|21 pages

Transitioning from Instructor-Centered to Student-Centered Learning

Case study of the US Air Force technical training organizations

chapter 27|11 pages

Finding our way to more Student-Centered Teaching in Namibia

The case of the postgraduate certificate in higher education

chapter 28|17 pages

Student-Centered Libraries

Changing both expectations and results

part VI|68 pages

Student-centered institutional strategies

chapter 29|16 pages

A Workshop as a Lever for Pedagogical Change?

The case of Active Learning: from Practice to Theory, and Back

chapter 31|18 pages

The Connected Curriculum Framework

Case study of University College London

chapter |19 pages

Conclusion

Beyond student-centered classrooms – a comprehensive approach to student-centered learning and teaching through a student-centered ecosystems framework

chapter |5 pages

Epilogue

Usable knowledge – policy and practice implications for student-centered higher education