Student-Centered Learning Environments in Higher Education Classrooms

by Sabine Hoidn

Overview

This book aims to develop a situative educational model to guide the design and implementation of powerful student-centered learning environments in higher education classrooms. Rooted in educational science, Hoidn contributes knowledge in the fields of general pedagogy, and more specifically, higher education learning and instruction. The text will support instructors, curriculum developers, faculty developers, administrators, and educational managers from all disciplines in making informed instructional decisions with regard to course design, classroom interaction, and community building and is also of relevance to educators from other formal and informal educational settings aside from higher education.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349956807
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	06/16/2018
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Pages:	453
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x 0.04(d)

About the Author

Sabine Hoidn is Postdoctoral Researcher in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 The Pedagogical Concept of Student-Centered Learning in the Context of European Higher Education Reforms.- Chapter 3 Constructivist Foundations and Common Design Principles of Student-Centered Learning Environments.- Chapter 4 Empirical Education Research on the Effectiveness and Quality of Learning and Instruction.- Chapter 5 Multiple Ethnographic Case Study Research of Student-Centered Learning Environments in Higher Education Classrooms.- Chapter 6 Single and Cross Case Analyses of Characteristic Curricular Design Elements and Related Quality Features of the Student-Centered Classrooms under Study.- Chapter 7 Single Case Analyses of Deeper-Level Instructional Quality Dimensions and Features of the Student-Centered Classrooms under Study.- Chapter 8 Cross Case Analysis of Deeper-Level Instructional Quality Dimensions and Features.- Chapter 9 Situative Educational Model for the Design of Powerful Student-Centered Learning Environments.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Hoidn’s book presents an overdue scholarly work investigating how instruct­ors can design and bring to life student-centered learning environments. The developed educati­on­al model constitutes a significant and comprehensive contribution to higher education learning and instruction, tying empirical findings, namely authentic participati­on-oriented educati­onal practices, to existing state-of-the-art research on constructivist learning and instruction. The detailed findings support higher education faculty, curriculum and faculty developers and administrators in making informed instructional decisions to scaffold deep learning.” (Rolf Dubs, Professor Emeritus, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland)

“This book, in a bravura way, relates theoretical models with case study research and learning practice itself. This is, without debate, an exceptionally seminal reading for anybody who intends to create high quality student-centered classroom environments.” (Martin Hejnala, Department of OP Management, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Czech Republic)

Editorial Reviews

Student-Centered Learning Environments in Higher Education Classrooms makes important contributions to our understanding. It will support instructors, curriculum developers, faculty developers, administrators, and educational managers from all disciplines in making informed instructional decisions with regard to course design, classroom interaction, and community building and is also of relevance to educators from other formal and informal educational settings aside from higher education.” (SirReadaLot.org, May, 2017)

From the Publisher