Learning Council Reading List

Websites:

• Being Learning-Centered -- What does that mean at Lane?
• The Learning-Centered Initiative

Readings:

Recommended by Merrill Watrous:
WHAT THE BEST COLLEGE TEACHERS DO by Ken Bains
I'M THE TEACHER, YOU'RE THE STUDENT

On learning and teacher-student relationships, I recommend all of Parker Palmer's work

For specifics on improving teacher perfomance, I recommend Richard Allen's IMPACT TEACHING

From Valencia Community College:

Astin, A.W. (1984). Student involvement: A developmental theory for higher education. Journal of College Student Development, 26, 11-16.

Barr, R.B., & Tagg, J. (1995). From teaching to learning: A new paradigm for undergraduate education. Change, 27(6), 13-25.

Bers, T.H., & Smith, K.E. (1991). Persistence of community college students: The influence of student intent and academic and social integrations. Research in Higher Education, 32(5), 539-556.

Chickering, A. W. & Reisser, L. (1993). Education and Identity. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Friedlander, J., & MacDougall, P.R. (1992). Achieving student success through student involvement. Community College Review, 20(1), 20-28.

Kaufman, M.A. & Creamer, D.G. (1991). Influences of student goals for college on freshman-year quality of effort and growth. Journal of College Student Development, 32, 197-206.

Macy, B. (2000). Encouraging the dream: Lessons learned from first-generation college students. College Board Review, 191, 36-40.

O’Banion, T. (1997b). A learning college for the 21st century. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press.

Pascarella, E.T. (1985). College environmental influences on learning and cognitive development: A critical review and synthesis. In J.C. Smart (Ed.), Higher education: Handbook of theory and research, (Vol. 1, pp. 1-61). New York: Agathon.

Pascarella, E.T. (1991). The impact of college on students: The nature of the evidence. Review of Higher Education, 14, 453-466.

Pascarella, E.T. , & Terenzini, P.T. (1991). How college effects students. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Rendon, L.I., & Nora, A. (1989). A synthesis and application of research on Hispanic students in community colleges. Community College Review, 17(1), 17-24.

Roueche, J.E. & Roueche, S.D. (1999). High stakes, high performance: Making remedial education work. Washington, D.C: Community College Press.

Smith, B.M. (1993). The quality of effort on persistence among traditional-aged community college students. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 17, 103-122.

Tinto, V. (1987). Learning college. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Readings Submitted:

“The Ethics of Learner-Centered Education” Edmund Hansen & James A. Stephens

“Coordinated Autonomy” By Jim Davis

“Institution-Wide Information Strategies” by Gerald Bernbom