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ERIC Number: EJ771040
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005
Pages: 26
Abstractor: Author
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0316-1218
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Principles of Learner-Centered Curriculum: Responding to the Call for Change in Higher Education
Cleveland-Innes, Martha; Emes, Claudia
Canadian Journal of Higher Education, v35 n4 p85-110 2005
Using well-known tenets of student development and student success as a central organizing premise, it is suggested that higher education curriculum should include outcomes related to the development of students as competent, lifelong learners. This imperative is driven by demands on higher education to prepare graduates for complex, dynamic, and information based social and occupational experiences. Curricula that prepare students with appropriate knowledge and skills to manoeuvre a changed and changing society is in order. Labelled a learner-centred curriculum, this approach includes, but goes beyond, the already explored learner-centred instruction (Lieberman, 1994; McCombs & Whistler, 1997; SCCOE, 2000; Soifer, Young & Irwin, 1989) to content and skill development regarding the mechanisms of learning and growth.
Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education. P.O. Box 34091, RPO Fort Richmond, Winnipeg, MB R3T 5T5, Canada. Tel: 204-474-6404; Fax: 204-474-7561; e-mail: csshe@cc.umanitoba.ca; Web site: http://www.umanitoba.ca/csshe/Pub/pub.html
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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