ERIC Number: EJ1199546
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Oct
Pages: 11
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Learning, Leading, and Letting Go of Control: Learner-Led Approaches in Education
Iversen, Ann-Merete; Pedersen, Anni Stavnskaer; Krogh, Lone; Jensen, Annie Aarup
SAGE Open, v5 n4 Oct 2015
The article introduces a new term in higher education: learner-led approaches in education (LED). This does not represent a single approach or dogma to replace existing dogmas, but a way of approaching learning and education that mirrors the complexity of society as it develops. LED is based on the assumption that all students have their own unique approach to learning and therefore have the potential to design learning processes that are meaningful for them. This removes focus from the teacher and the teaching to the learner and the learning. It builds on the student's motivation and experienced meaningfulness as a driving force, and hence the term "learner led." The methods applied in LED change over time, as different learners and teachers together co-create and design methods and approaches appropriate at that particular time, in that particular context and for that particular student or group of students.
Descriptors: Learner Controlled Instruction, Higher Education, Active Learning, Student Projects, Problem Based Learning, Independent Study, Student Centered Learning, Foreign Countries, Design, Teacher Student Relationship, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Denmark
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