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Evolving Education: Shifting to a Learner-Centered Paradigm
It’s time to create a new normal.
It’s time to leave behind practices that don’t best serve all learners and educators, and to prioritize what matters relationships, connection, purpose, flexibility, agency, and authentic learning. Education must evolve. Looking to learners will help us see what’s working, what’s challenging, and, ultimately, what’s possible. To ensure that all of those learners thrive, we’ll need to use insight from our own experiences, research from the field, and new tools and approaches to adapt our practices.
In Evolving Education, Dr. Katie Martin advocates for a much-needed shift to a learner-centered teaching model. Learner-centered education creates purposeful, personalized, authentic, and competency-based experiences that help students develop skills that empower them to learn, grow, and solve problems that matter to them and others. Following on Martin’s previous book, Learner-Centered Innovation, Evolving Education offers a deeper dive into how educators can harness new technologies, learning sciences, and pedagogy that center learners and learning. After all, Martin argues, if we truly want to develop knowledge, habits, and skills in students, we have to know them, love them, and help them see the full beauty of who they are and what they can become.
Endorsements“Evolving Education clearly articulates how to redefine success, create powerful learning experiences, and support them with enabling conditions. This would make a great book study for any school faculty or community group.”
—Tom Vander Ark, CEO of Getting Smart
“Katie Martin absolutely nailed it in Evolving Education. A learner-centered paradigm requires that we examine beliefs and biases and disrupt systems that do not serve each and every learner. This work requires innovation, creativity, flexibility, and heart. This book is the perfect mix of incredible storytelling, inspiration, and concrete strategy.”
—Katie Novak, EdD, author of UDL and Blended Learning
“Dewey, Marzano, and Hattie delivered a modern pedagogy connected to tangible practices and authentic examples from the field; Katie Martin provides the next chapter. Evolving Education will be relevant for decades to come.”
—David Miyashiro, EdD, superintendent of Cajon Valley Union School District
It’s time to leave behind practices that don’t best serve all learners and educators, and to prioritize what matters relationships, connection, purpose, flexibility, agency, and authentic learning. Education must evolve. Looking to learners will help us see what’s working, what’s challenging, and, ultimately, what’s possible. To ensure that all of those learners thrive, we’ll need to use insight from our own experiences, research from the field, and new tools and approaches to adapt our practices.
In Evolving Education, Dr. Katie Martin advocates for a much-needed shift to a learner-centered teaching model. Learner-centered education creates purposeful, personalized, authentic, and competency-based experiences that help students develop skills that empower them to learn, grow, and solve problems that matter to them and others. Following on Martin’s previous book, Learner-Centered Innovation, Evolving Education offers a deeper dive into how educators can harness new technologies, learning sciences, and pedagogy that center learners and learning. After all, Martin argues, if we truly want to develop knowledge, habits, and skills in students, we have to know them, love them, and help them see the full beauty of who they are and what they can become.
Endorsements“Evolving Education clearly articulates how to redefine success, create powerful learning experiences, and support them with enabling conditions. This would make a great book study for any school faculty or community group.”
—Tom Vander Ark, CEO of Getting Smart
“Katie Martin absolutely nailed it in Evolving Education. A learner-centered paradigm requires that we examine beliefs and biases and disrupt systems that do not serve each and every learner. This work requires innovation, creativity, flexibility, and heart. This book is the perfect mix of incredible storytelling, inspiration, and concrete strategy.”
—Katie Novak, EdD, author of UDL and Blended Learning
“Dewey, Marzano, and Hattie delivered a modern pedagogy connected to tangible practices and authentic examples from the field; Katie Martin provides the next chapter. Evolving Education will be relevant for decades to come.”
—David Miyashiro, EdD, superintendent of Cajon Valley Union School District
175 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 10, 2021
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January 2, 2022
Wonderful read! I loved this book and what it provided me as an educator. It really dives into the shift to learner-centered learning. Not only did it explain what a learner-centered paradigm is, but offered ways to do that.
It is definitely a well needed book in our school systems today that are searching for a new way to encourage and drive student sucess!success!!
I'm looking forward to reading it again and possibly doing a book study with others.
It is definitely a well needed book in our school systems today that are searching for a new way to encourage and drive student sucess!success!!
I'm looking forward to reading it again and possibly doing a book study with others.
January 9, 2022
Clear and compelling vision for shifting the focus of education to learners themselves. Good introduction to key areas involving active learning, PBL and other competency based assessment.
December 19, 2023
Read this one as part of a book study with fellow educators. It was filled with wonderful ideas of how to change the world of education. Half the ideas are ones I’ve already implemented or that I would love to implement. I’ve gotten some really great ideas about how to revolutionize education.
Main idea: end 8th grade with a passion project (ties into their passion portraits).
Best way to learn about learning and teaching: read and bounce ideas off other educators.
Main idea: end 8th grade with a passion project (ties into their passion portraits).
Best way to learn about learning and teaching: read and bounce ideas off other educators.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews