Implementing student-centered learning involves several critical challenges. Firstly, altering the student mindset is essential to empower them to take control of their learning and use the newfound freedom productively.
The classroom must accommodate any
direction students take the lesson.
Materials must be provided for lessons.
Students must be organized in groups
Traditional vs. Student Centered Balance
Students are trained to behave
in a traditional teacher-centered
classroom environment. Teachers
need to organize the classroom
set up and interactions to be
conducive to a student-centered
approach.
Lesson planning
Roles must be clearly defined.
Groups are mandatory in each lesson
The lesson plan needs to focus
on providing a learning environment
to meet the learning goals rather than
procedures to present informaiton
in a traditional way.
Students
Students need to properly use
the new freedoms productively.
Students must learn to work
well in groups.
Students need to be invested
in their learning.
Student mindset must be altered
to empower them to drive
instruction.
Teachers
Material costs.
Teachers must be prepared to support students
no matter which direction the students take the
lesson.
Teachers can only take one step at a time
to transition to a fully student-centered
teaching approach.
Questioning and Guidance
Balance guiding students and providing
space for them to figure it out themselves.
Ask questions to guide students
Role of the Teacher
Give up some control of the direction of the
lesson.
