Pew FTLC Library
Building a Pathway for Student Learning
This book leads you through the process of designing a
learning-centered course. It is written as a “how-to” handbook,
providing step-by-step guidance on creating a pathway to student
learning, including 26 workboxes (also available free online) that
lead you through each element of the course design process and promote
a rich reflection process akin to being in a workshop setting. The
authors prompt you to (1) consider the distinctive characteristics of
your students; (2) clearly articulate your course learning goals; (3)
create aligned summative assessments; (4) identify the specific
knowledge, skills, and attitudes students will need in order to be
successful; (5) craft effective learning experiences, informed by the
well-documented research on how people learn; and (6) incorporate
formative assessment to ensure you and your students are staying on track.
Completion of the sequence of worksheets leads to a poster as a
visual display of your course design. This graphic depiction of your
course ties the components together, provides a clear map of action
for teaching your course, for modifying as you evaluate the success of
particular strategies or want to introduce new concepts, and for
developing your syllabus. A rubric for evaluating course posters is included.
For faculty developers, this book provides a proven and
ready-made resource and text around which to design or redesign
learner-centered course design workshops or multi-day course design
retreats, replicating or modifying the renowned workshop that the
authors have developed at the Air Force Academy for both faculty new
to teaching and those with many years of teaching experience under
their belt.
Publisher's description.
Call number: FTLC LB 2361.5 .J66 2014
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