Open Access12: Achieving a Campus Consensus on Learning‐Centered Teaching: Process and Outcomes
Author(s) -
Blumberg Phyllis,
Everett Justin
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
to improve the academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-4822
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-4822.2004.tb00434.x
Subject(s) - teaching and learning center , process (computing) , lifelong learning , psychology , medical education , teaching philosophy , pedagogy , teaching method , mathematics education , computer science , medicine , operating system
Fifty faculty and staff members attended a consensus conference on learning‐centered teaching. Within small groups, participants agreed that 1) this approach develops student responsibility for their learning; 2) a consistently implemented philosophy yields a culture of learning‐centered teaching, and 3) graduates of such programs become lifelong learners, self‐directing, self‐initiating leaders. Not all participants agreed that they could fully implement this method. They emphasized that support by administrators is a prerequisite to making changes in teaching approaches. However, the conference effectively determined levels of agreement and stimulated discussion. Results were consistent with the literature on learning‐centered teaching.