Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice

Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice

Taken from:https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-11-09-will-edtech-bring-back-the-open-classroom

The main problem that teachers have in the classroom is that students do not feel motivate for learning process because they are accustomed to traditional class activities based on the book. Nowadays, most of students in the classroom play a passive role, to illustrate this idea, they do not like autonomous study. On the other hand, teachers want that students play an active role in the classroom because it permits that students develop their critical thinking and solve their problems in effective way. The article provides some ways that teachers use to help passive learners such as to use intrinsic motivation, to keep the control, use the extrinsic motivators (bonus points). Moreover, in the learning process is essential to create good environment between teaches to students in order to students feel motivate to study for acquiring the knowledge. Weimer (2002) highlights how importance is for educators that students takes an active role in the classroom. When students are motivated, they gain the knowledge independently.

In addition, teachers need to use some techniques to motivate students in their independent work like logical consequences, constancy, high standards, caring and obligations. Teachers use classroom management to keep students focused in learning and control the direction of their classroom.

When teaching is important to motivate students and to have good classroom management in order to have good atmosphere in the classroom. Also, the active role in students is fundamental because they have the opportunity to participate in class. As a result, students can develop their critical thinking about any topic or give important point of view about the class. Learner-Centered Teaching Methods is a useful video where you can learn more about active role of students and the importance of student’s motivation for leaning process.

References:

Weimer, M. (2002). Learner-centered teaching: Five key changes to practice. John Wiley & Sons.

Abbey, A. (2013). Learner-Centered Teaching Methods: An Overview [Video]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlcJqnwvKZo