Encouraging self-regulated learning at the university – Designing learning cultures

Encouraging self-regulated learning is one of the key challenges in higher education. Yet it is evident that academic learning practices are rather externally controlled, since most university teachers tend to adopt a “lecture” style of teaching. The present article takes on the challenge and deals with the questions of how to transform learning environments in a way that promotes self-regulated learning and how to design learning cultures. Taking into consideration both the theoretical and empirical perspectives, self-regulated learning in universities is modelled and developed.

18.06.2012 | Karl-Heinz Gerholz (Paderborn)