EDUC 613--How Students Learn
This was an advanced course in study of learning based on research and theory from different disciplines. It focused on increasing students’ learning through the study of different learning systems, and understanding each learner in the context of the learning process itself.
Course Goals:
The learner will be able to:
1. define learning and learner-centered teaching;
2. develop the ability to link observational data of learners to individualizing learning in the
classroom;
3. examine a teacher's role as a facilitator and scaffolder of learning;
4. identify and apply learning theories;
5. read, analyze, and reflect on course readings to examine influences on the processes of learning;
and
6. develop an in-depth case study of one student.
Course Goals:
The learner will be able to:
1. define learning and learner-centered teaching;
2. develop the ability to link observational data of learners to individualizing learning in the
classroom;
3. examine a teacher's role as a facilitator and scaffolder of learning;
4. identify and apply learning theories;
5. read, analyze, and reflect on course readings to examine influences on the processes of learning;
and
6. develop an in-depth case study of one student.