Editor's Note: This is the seventh in a series of blog posts in which teaching award winners will share their experiences, philosophies, and techniques. Sawako Tsutsumi Sawako Tsutsumi is a Lecturer ...

Shifting from an industrial-age education model to a post-industrial learner-centered model is an essential part of preparing students for college and 21st century careers, and the process works best ...

School models are, for the most part, outdated–and very overdue for replacement. When students reach high school, research shows that close to 66 percent of students are disengaged. But even students ...

There is currently relatively little objective evidence that the much-promoted 'learner-centered' approach to teaching is effective, according to new research. There is currently relatively little ...

Active learning puts students at the center of the learning process by encouraging them to engage, reflect, and apply what they’re learning in meaningful ways. Rather than passively receiving ...

July half gone, this is the time of the year that one’s thoughts may first turn toward the fall semester. Hopefully not too many thoughts. It is only July, after all. Unfortunately, I think the ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What are the best instructional strategies and lessons to use when teaching intermediate English-language learners? The English-language-learner population is growing ...

During the summer, I will be sharing thematic posts bringing together responses on similar topics from the past nine years. You can see all those collections from the first eight years here. Five ...