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A Case Study On The Influence Of Organizational Structures And Policies On Faculty Implementation Of Learner-Centered Teaching, Kevin Scott Piskadlo
A Case Study On The Influence Of Organizational Structures And Policies On Faculty Implementation Of Learner-Centered Teaching, Kevin Scott Piskadlo
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In their seminal 1995 article, Barr and Tagg encouraged higher education to think differently about undergraduate education and suggested that a new paradigm be adopted that focused less on what is taught and more on what is learned. Dubbed the learner-centered paradigm, this reframing of education challenges long standing practices and removes the instructor as the literal and figurative center of the classroom, requiring that students take a more active role in their education and in the creation of knowledge.
Despite the fact that empirical research consistently finds that practices congruent with the learner-centered paradigm greatly benefits students, full-scale adoption …