This book is designed to give administrators and faculty a model to follow in developing and maintaining a Learning Center of any size at any educational level, from preschool to college. Basic to the Learning Center concept presented here are the following four services: (1) a multimedia library, (2) audiovisual services, (3) nontraditional…

A learning center is one area of a classroom that contains a collection of programmed activities and materials which can be used either to teach, reinforce, or enrich a skill or concept, or to provide information. Learning centers are a tool to individualization and can be of types: (1) a skill learning center or (2) an information learning…

This handbook describes an application of the learning centers concept at the kindergarten level. The "learning centers approach" refers to a unique and systematic way of organizing for learning. Each separate "learning center" is a compact, transportable instructional package keyed to at least one specific learning outcome.…

The selections in this book encompass a broad spectrum of resource-based learning experiences, and are intended to help teachers and administrators gain a better understanding of the concepts and devise effective and efficient ways to use these materials. Titles include: "Introducing Resources for Learning" (Sally Brown and Brenda…