Sept. 28 Book Talk features “Learner-Centered Teaching” by Maryellen Weimer
As a follow up to Maryellen Weimer’s August Faculty Development kick-off event presentation, three faculty members will share their thinking about ideas contained in her Jossey-Bass publication, “Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice” on Monday, Sept. 28 from 11:30 am-12:30 pm in CMU 203. Presenters Mary Dosch, School for Teaching and Learning; Kyja Kristjansson- Nelson, Film Studies; and Steve Bolduc, Economics, have been trying her ideas in their classrooms and will report on their findings.
The first 7 faculty who e-mail Steve Grineski (grineski@mnstate.edu, 2017) and agree to attend this event will receive a free copy of the book. Please include your campus mailing address.
From Midwest Book Review:
Expertly written by Maryellen Weimer (Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning, Berks-Lehigh Valley College, Pennsylvania State University), “Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes To Practice” is an invaluable resource for college and university educators concerning the learner-centered teaching approach that takes into account what, how, where, and what conditions under which students are learning. Individual chapters convincingly address implementation and fine-tuning adjustments to adopting the learner-centered teaching style, and the appendices include a syllabus, sample learning log, and more. A very useful and well-researched approach, “Learner-Centered Teaching” is an important and strongly recommended addition Classroom Instruction reading lists.
About Maryellen Weimer:
Maryellen Weimer-one of the nation’s most highly regarded authorities on effective college teaching-offers a comprehensive work on the topic of learner-centered teaching in the college and university classroom. As the author explains, learner-centered teaching focuses attention on what the student is learning, how the student is learning, the conditions under which the student is learning, whether the student is retaining and applying the learning, and how current learning positions the student for future learning. To help educators accomplish the goals of learner-centered teaching, this important book presents the meaning, practice, and ramifications of the learner-centered approach, and how this approach transforms the college classroom environment. Learner-Centered Teaching shows how to tie teaching and curriculum to the process and objectives of learning rather than to the content delivery alone.
Maryellen Weimer has over 25 years of experience in college teaching. She is a well-known writer, speaker, and proponent of effective teaching practices. She was the director of the Instructional Development Program at Pennsylvania State University for ten years and served as associate director at the National Center on Postsecondary Teaching, Learning, and Assessment.
Maryellen has authored numerous books and presents at workshops and conferences throughout the US and Canada. Currently, she is professor of Speech Communications at Berks Lehigh Valley College of Pennsylvania State and is editor of the “Teaching Professor” newsletter.