Watkins, C;
(2017)
Developing Learning-Centred Classrooms and Schools.
In: Maclean, R, (ed.)
Life in Schools and Classrooms: Past, Present and Future.
(pp. 407-419).
Springer: Singapore.
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Abstract
This chapter examines the issues and processes in developing more explicit focus on learning in classrooms and schools. It brings together the author’s experience of development projects in England and international research. It starts by examining the major forces which have kept classrooms teacher-centred for 5,000 years, moves on to suggest some important starting points for the journey from teacher-centred to learner-centred classrooms, and then identifies the sort of language for learning which will go on to develop learning-centred classrooms. Also considered are the ways in which teachers can be learners themselves, and how the culture of a learning-centred school is created and maintained. Positive effects on pupils’ engagement, motivation and attainment are summarised. 36 references.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Developing Learning-Centred Classrooms and Schools |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-981-10-3654-5_25 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3654-5_25 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Learning, Classroom, Change, Agency, Learning orientation, Classroom culture, School culture |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Learning and Leadership |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1541114 |
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