As a classroom teacher, does the idea of a learner centered environment sound new to you? The Alliance for Excellent Education recently released Culture Shift: Teaching in a Learner-Centered ...

Although lecturing can be an efficient way of delivering information, it's not always the best way for students to learn. Instead, use a learner-centered approach to learning. Use shorter lectures in ...

Effective teachers work to design courses and course materials that cultivate learner growth. They intentionally foster a welcoming and inclusive learning environment ...

In a famous essay about characters in fiction, the novelist Mary McCarthy wrote, “We are the hero of our own story.” I’m often reminded of this in my work, helping faculty to improve their teaching.

The “student-centered” classroom may be close to a breakthrough. In learner-centered classrooms, students and professors “work equally hard.” Professors have long made assumptions about their place in ...

ABSTRACT: With growing concerns about student engagement, the theme of creative teaching and learning provides an excellent catalyst to consider methods that enhance students’ classroom experiences.

Ask an adult who is not an educator to describe a classroom, and you might still hear something like this: “A teacher is standing in front and lecturing to students seated neatly in rows. Everyone is ...

This morning, Heather recalled how a professor’s inclusive in-class grammar made learning more engaging. In this post, I want to think about how we frame our pedagogy, to ourselves and to our ...