Teachers and professors act as the sole supplier of knowledge, and under the direct instruction model, teachers often utilize systematic, scripted lesson plans. Studentcentered learning lincs us department of education. Studentcentered learning, also known as learnercentered education, broadly encompasses methods of teaching that shift the focus of instruction from the teacher to the student. I want my students to be at the center of their learning. Some challenges to teachers are remaining flexible and keeping quiet.
In the traditional approach to college teaching, most class time is spent with the professor lecturing and the students watching and listening. Spark curiosity, ignite passion and unleash genius martin. This lesson explains what student centered instruction is and details some of its. After reading it, i rate it as one of the best books for those who want to know. It places students at the center of the learning process. Lets look at you teaching is a vocation an important transformation has occurred when we reach stage 3. Teaching goes beyond the career and turns into a vocation.
Learner centered teaching focuses on students passions and strengths, and it helps students help each other with weaknesses. Put another way, studentcentered teaching is teaching that is aware of students and their needs above and beyond anything else. While teachers are still an authority figure in a studentcentered teaching model. Discussion groups conducted by selected student chairpersons yes, and what else. Recitation oral questions by teacher answered orally by students then what. Class discussion conducted by teacher and what else. The student centered classroom requires that the teacher be able to wait for the students to produce. Discussion as a way of teaching and millions of other books are available for. The study involving two english teachers revealed that several efforts done by teachers in learner centered teaching are. Learnercentered methods have repeatedly been shown to be superior to the traditional teachercentered approach to instruction, a conclusion that applies.
Written by exemplary teachers who share their struggles and joys in creating studentcentered classrooms, it is a mustread for all people preparing to teach, and for experienced teachers who are looking for a way to revitalize their practice and motivate students. Instructors who deliver student centered instruction. As the primary teaching strategy under the teachercentered approach, direct instruction utilizes passive learning, or the idea that students can learn what they need to through listening and watching very precise instruction. Gilbert highet, the art of teaching, 1989, vintage books, isbn 9780679723141. I make sure my classroom is wellstocked with books i know young adults enjoy. Student centered instruction is an effective method for teaching. Then, the instructor calls on another student at random to comment on the first students response. In studentcentered approach to learning, while teachers are the authority figure in this model, teachers and students. Pages can include considerable notesin pen or highlighterbut the notes cannot obscure the text.
We need books on teaching and learning that treat experien tial knowledge. The students work individually on assignments, and cooperation is discouraged. A teaching method comprises the principles and methods used by teachers to enable student. Studentcentered learning has been defined most simply as an approach to learning in which learners choose not only. Learnercentered teaching methods shift the focus of activity from the teacher to the learners. To begin to make sense of what studentcentered learning means in a modern classroom, weve provided some examples below. I found the teacher and studentcentered tone of the book refreshing and the. Learnercentered teaching college of engineering nc state.