This book guides readers to transition their teaching to learning-centred practices. Based on Weimer's (2002, 2013) and Blumberg's (2009, 2019) framework, the authors describe their faculty learning community-based journey through the adaptation, implementation, and assessment of a series of practical learning-centred teaching strategies.

While furnishing a critical discussion of challenges, directions, and development of learning-centred pedagogy as applied to an Asian context, this book provides suggested pathways for educators around the world to embark on their own journey toward learning-centred teaching. These pathways cover a range of disciplines and teaching contexts from architecture and engineering to systems thinking and general education, illustrating the robustness and flexibility of learning-centred teaching. The authors provide examples of good teaching practice to help instructors, instructional designers, faculty developers and university administrators see how principles of learning-centred teaching and assessment can translate practically into quality classroom teaching and learning. The rigorous assessment methodology is both highly reflective and readily applicable to teaching assessment and portfolio development. It also shows how Blumberg's (2019) rubrics and Cole & Stavros' (2019) SOAR (Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations and Results) framework can be used to evaluate the impact of interventions.

Contributing unique insights, this is a valuable guide for anyone interested in implementing student learning-centred pedagogical approaches and using rubrics for assessing teaching practice.

About the Author

Lynette Tan is Director of External Programmes and Associate Professor at Residential College 4, and Master of Eusoff Hall at the National University of Singapore (NUS). She is on the university's teaching excellence honour roll as well as a member of the NUS Teaching Academy.

Daniel Jew is Director of Studies, College of Alice & Peter Tan, and Senior Lecturer, Department of History, at the National University of Singapore. He is co-editor of The Uncertain Past (Cambridge University Press, 2023), and a member of the NUS Teaching Academy.

Phyllis Blumberg is an Educational Developer, Faculty Coach, Assessment Consultant and acclaimed author of Making Learning-Centered Teaching Work (2019) and Assessing and Improving your Teaching (2013). She directs Blumberg Educational Consulting, and is Emeritus Professor and Emeritus Assistant Provost, University of the Sciences (USA).

Reviews

"Finally- a book that makes visible the transformative learning narratives of students and those who teach them in the diverse intellectual and cultural milieu across the Asian context. The scholarly, highly considered stance through which these chapters exemplify the cultivation of faculty ownership to centre learning provides invaluable insights for educators and universities across the world."

Kathy M. Takayama, Founding Director - Center for Inclusive Excellence in Teaching, College of the Holy Cross; former Interim Dean of Faculty Affairs, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University and Executive Director, Center for Professional Development & Inclusive Excellence (C-Hub)

"An empowering guide for educators seeking to meaningfully apply learning-centred pedagogies across diverse Asian contexts. The editors and contributors seamlessly bridge global scholarship with authentic local practice, offering actionable strategies grounded in deep reflection and evidence."

Chwen Jen Chen, Professor, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)

"A powerful and timely contribution that shows how learning-centred teaching can be thoughtfully adapted to Asian higher education-grounded in research, rich in practice, and globally relevant."

Sabine Hoidn, Lecturer, University of St.Gallen, co-editor of The Routledge International Handbook of Student-Centered Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

"An exemplary and exemplifying collective work on situated educational practice. Readers are invited to actively engage with the thoughts and reflections contained in the book, thus having a useful tool through which to critically consider their own educational practices. Praise for a lived and lively tool for truly critical reflections on educational practices world-wide."

Roberto Di Napoli, Emeritus Professor, University of London

"Providing a timely and insightful account on student-centred learning and teaching in Asian higher education, Making Learning-Centred Teaching Work in Asia and Beyond is accessible, actionable and empowering for scholars and educators alike. It presents an essential resource on teaching and learning connecting and contextualizing Western scholarship and practice with and within Asian higher education cultures and traditional Asian approaches to learning and teaching.

Manja Klemencic, University of Ljubljana and Harvard University

Book Information
ISBN 9781032714158
Author Lynette Tan
Format Paperback
Page Count 14
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 453g