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Author: Michele Schweisfurth

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Is learner-centred education ‘best practice’?

Is learner-centred education ‘best practice’?

Data and research

By Michele Schweisfurth

Learner-centred education (LCE) and related specific methods such as activity-based, inquiry-based and problem-based learning are widely promoted internationally as examples of ‘best practice’ pedagogy. In 2011, I synthesised the findings from every relevant article on LCE published in the International Journal of Educational… Read more →←

Professor Michele Schweisfurth is Chair in International and Comparative Education and Director of the Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change at the University of Glasgow. After 10 years working as a teacher in a range of countries, for the past 20 years, she has been actively researching pedagogy in lower-income and traditional countries.

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