Shifting from an industrial-age education model to a post-industrial learner-centered model is an essential part of preparing students for college and 21st century careers, and the process works best ...

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 ...

The last 20 years of American elementary and secondary education were framed by federal accountability legislation. The well intentioned consensus to promote equitable improvement didn’t work as well ...

School models are, for the most part, outdated–and very overdue for replacement. When students reach high school, research shows that close to 66 percent of students are disengaged. But even students ...

Good teaching has always concerned itself with how students learn and how well they have learned. In this sense, much of the current talk about the learning college is indeed just talk (“A Community ...

There is currently relatively little objective evidence that the much-promoted 'learner-centered' approach to teaching is effective, according to new research. There is currently relatively little ...

Today, information and communications technology (ICTs) is increasingly being employed in classrooms across the globe. Owing to this, educators face growing challenges as they teach a very “different” ...

UNESCO Bangkok is pleased to announce the release of a new report to counter the impacts of COVID-19 and promote a learner-centred approach to teaching in Technical and Vocational Education and ...

The pandemic-driven switch to remote learning alerted many faculty members to the importance of course design. In an online course, keeping students on track requires clarity and structure; it also ...

My first year of teaching began in the stifling basement classroom of a public elementary school in a part of Newark, N.J., where crushed crack vials and occasional shootings were as much a part of ...