A learner-centered instructor should have some basic knowledge of their student’s backgrounds, they should have an interest in their students and what they are teaching, and they should have social and cultural values for their own culture and the culture of others. A learner-centered activity for young children could be an alphabet show-n-tell for the class. This activity can give the children a chance to speak in front of the class about something that they have interest in and it will also be teaching students many things, for example:
· The alphabet
· Speaking to peers
· Patience’s
· Listening skills
A knowledge-centered instructor should provide rigorous content to their students and should also help students understand rather than just simply memorizing. An assessment-centered instructor should included two types of assessment:
· High Standards
· Frequent opportunities for feedback, reflection, and revision, in order to enhance the quality of learning.
Community- centeredness is important to students because it fosters norms where “learning of the highest order” is encouraged, and people are respected and connected to a variety of resources. A community-centered activity could be a local PTA, which is community-centered because it involves parents and students from the community of their local school to get together with caregivers/teachers from that school to discuss and encourage the students in their school activities.
To evaluate my own instructions I would go through the process of creating activities for students with the help or aid from other caregivers/teacher around me and by just going through the process of using the instructions on students and seeing how they respond to them and correcting whatever steps I may need to change. To determine if students are becoming self-evaluative I believe you must watch them work and get involved with them in what they are doing. By observing your students you can further enhance their learning by seeing what skills they do or don’t posses, which mean you now, have a better understanding of how to teach them.
A helpful link in the process of Learner-Centered Teaching: http://turkey.usembassy.gov/uploads/images/ZbaUSsGax99x5BCBjYkntQ/Learner_Centered_Teaching.pdfThis link helped me better understand what learner-centered teaching is all about. I hope it can help some of you also.
First off, I'm digging the new blog background. It'd be a fun fabric for a pillow or curtains or something. I also love that you shared a link at the end. Sharing your knowledge to help me learn, very connectivism of you. ;) I liked what it said about teachers going from up on the stage speaking down to students and transitioning into someone on the sidelines just guiding the learning.
ReplyDeleteI think you're slightly off on the idea of community-centered classrooms though. I think it's less the idea of involving members from the actual community to participate with learning in classroom and more about creating a community within the classroom. In other words, it seems to be more focused on the students creating an environment/community where they support each other as they make mistakes and learn.
I could always be wrong though. I'm learning this right along with you. Hopefully someone else will jump in and clarify things for both of us. Either way, you're blog is looking great! Good job!
The one thing I love about this blog is dercorating it anyway I like and writing. Two things I love to do Lol. The more I think about it and what I read your so about about creating a community within the classroom. Allowing the students to create environments where they can learn an support one another is the key to a community-centered activity. Thanks for making me double check my note.
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