ABSTRACT
In the Preface and Statement of Educational Principles, we quoted from the work of Pascarella and Terenzini that summarized more than 20 years of empirical research about students at university. We reproduce that quotation again here because it explains the basis for student-centred learning. The authors report two persistent themes in the research:
The first is the central role of other people in the student's life, whether students or faculty, and the character of the learning environments they create and the nature and strength of the stimulation their interactions provide for learning and change of all kinds. The second theme is the potency of student's effort and involvement in the academic and non-academic systems of the institutions they attend. The greater the effort and personal investment a student makes, the greater the likelihood of educational and personal returns on that investment across the spectrum of college outcomes.
