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A Reflexive GOAL Framework for Achieving Student-Centered Learning in European Higher Education: From Class Learning to Community Engagement

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  • Costas S. Constantinou

    (Department of Basic and Clinical Sciences, University of Nicosia Medical School, 46 Makedonitissas Avenue, 1700 Nicosia, Cyprus)

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Student-centered learning (SCL) has been acknowledged and supported by research as very important for helping students develop life-long independent learning and transferable skills. Yet the implementation of SCL in European higher education has been patchy where experts in the field call for the need for a framework that could guide higher education institutions (HEIs) in designing and implementing SCL. This paper aims to fill in this identified gap by reflecting on the basic literature and social theory to propose the reflexive GOAL (Goals (vision and objectives), Organization (structures), Actions (immersion into structures and actions), and Learning a culture (instilled through reflexivity)) framework for the implementation of SCL in higher education in its broader sense to encompass elements from in-class learning to extra-curricular and community engagement.

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  • Costas S. Constantinou, 2020. "A Reflexive GOAL Framework for Achieving Student-Centered Learning in European Higher Education: From Class Learning to Community Engagement," Societies, MDPI, vol. 10(4), pages 1-11, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsoctx:v:10:y:2020:i:4:p:75-:d:419973
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    1. Petra Lindemann-Matthies & Eve Heber & Martin Remmele, 2024. "Find the Plant—An Educational Game Fosters Plant Species Literacy," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(11), pages 1-17, May.

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