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STUDENT-CENTEREDTEACHING
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TEACHING STYLES ACTIVITYEXAMPLE ONE
The teacher was:
Presenting facts without a context
Doing the majority of the talking
Directing the students every move
Supplying most of the answers
Not discussing his/her thought processes out loud
The student felt:
Interrogated
Bored
Not challenged
Lost
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TEACHING STYLES ACTIVITYEXAMPLE TWO
IN EXAMPLE TWOThe teacher was:
Drawing on students experience
Coaching the students towards finding the answers
Modeling thought processes, rather than presentingfacts
Validating all students suggestionsThe student felt:
InvolvedCurious
Amused
Capable of Participating
Engaged
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How was the 2nd teachingexample student-centered?
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Student-centered teachingis:
based on students' experiences (boththeir past experiences and theexperiences you, as the teacher,
provide in class); designed so that teachers model for
students how to arrive at an answer
rather than simply giving answers tostudents;
structured so that learning is a
process of discovery (the teacher
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It means that lessonplanning must:
call students' experience and priorknowledge into play;
involve teachers inmodeling/discussing out loud thethought processes they go through toread, write, add, or subtract;
encourage students to ask 'why' andto find the answers themselves.
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Sample Lesson Plan
1
Check out the following lesson
retrieved from the sciencebook for Grade 6 (Unit 5,Chapter 1: Chemical
Compounds).
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A home Made Indicator: theRed Cabbage
Red cabbage juice is an indicatorsince it contains a pigment or acoloring agent. This pigment is
found in many flowers, fruits andfall leaves, and is responsible formany of the reds, blues, and
purples you see around you. Itmakes cornflowers blue,pumpkins orange, strawberriesred, and cabbage purple.
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A home Made Indicator: theRed Cabbage
Red cabbage juice becomes redwith vinegar
Red cabbage juice becomes redin lemon juice
Red cabbage juice becomesgreen with baking soda.
Red cabbage juice becomes deepgreen with sodium hydroxidesolution.
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Suggest how the lesson plancould be made more student-centered
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Activity
Identify each teaching situation as'teacher-centered' or student-centered'
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A. A teacher instructing students about thesolar system names the planets in orderand has the class repeat the planetnames.
(Teacher-centered: children not asked toexplore and relate their experiences)
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B. A teacher teaching about densityplaces different substances (oil,
food coloring, copper coin) in waterand has the class predict andexplain the behavior of thesesubstances in water.
(Student-centered because thestudents are asked to predict andexplain the phenomenon on theirown)
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C. A teacher teaching aboutcombination of circuits draws a
series and a parallel circuit on theboard points to each circuit andwrites series or parallel under
it, and tells the class to repeat thewords.
(Teacher-centered; children mimic the
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D. A teacher conducting a lesson aboutgravity drops a ball to the floor in
the class and then allows the classto guess why it falls to the floor. Theteacher writes each answer on the
board instead of correcting any ofthe answers.
(Student-centered: students asked toguess why it is happening)
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E. A teacher teaching children aboutthe body control starts the lesson
by asking what are the differentbody activities that the braincontrols? (Students answers mayinclude: hearing, touching, thinking,breathing, tasting, talking)
(Student-centered because studentsare calling on their own
experiences)
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Short Game; three teams
Answer the following tenquestions
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What is the difference between a childand a student?
(No difference. Children should not have tostop being children in order to become
students). Does a student who is just starting
his/her 1st year of school know anything? (OF COURSE! A lot!Discuss experiences
provided by participants) What is the name of the teaching
technique that builds on learners' naturalcuriosity and abilities?
(student-centered teaching)
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What are the characteristics of student-centered teaching?
(Draws on what students know, teacher modelsthinking processes instead of just providing the
correct answers, students are given theopportunity to compare/analyze information tocome to an understanding)
How do students feel if the teacher is NOTusing student-centered instruction?
(bored, confused) When students are bored or lost, how well
will they learn? (NOT WELL)
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What is an example of how a teachercan draw on students' experiences?
(start the lesson by asking introductory
questions that draw on what studentsknow) What do we mean when we say the
teacher must demonstrate/model her
thinking processes? (teacher explains WHY she does what
she is doing so students understand thelogic of what's being done).
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Why does student-centered teachinghave to include activities wherechildren can discover answers for
themselves? (Because children willremember better if their naturalcuriosity is utilized in school)
In student-centered teaching, is therole of the teacher closer to that of alecturer or that of a facilitator?(Closer to that of a facilitator)
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STUDENT-CENTERED
TEACHINGSUMMARY:MAIN POINTS
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STUDENTS Vs. CHILDREN
WHEN TEACHERS COMPARESTUDENTS and CHILDREN, theyOFTEN FEEL STUDENTS SHOULD BE:
Better Behaved Quieter
Calmer Better Listeners
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Traditional TeachingStrategies
Teaching strategies and behaviorsthat require young children to sit stilland listen for hours at a time do not
capitalize on childrens nativecuriosity and intelligence. Thesetypes of strategies include:
Teaching children by asking them torepeat or recite
Teaching children by lecturing to themand asking them to copy information
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Consequences
In general, these traditionalstrategies have at least 2consequences:
Teaching by lecture, repeating andreciting, is boring. Students are often
distracted and irritable.
Children fail to master concepts at hand.Rather than an active understanding of
the concept, children memorize and
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Student Centered Teaching
Teaching strategies that engagelearners and help them use theirnative curiosity and energy are called
student-centered teaching strategies.
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Student-centered teaching occurswhen the teacher:
draws on students experiences inthe outside world to introducelessons and clarify concepts;
models for students each step in athinking process, (e.g. when teaching
to read, the teacher speaks out loudto the students about the readingprocess I am looking at this word
and I am seeing the letters x, y, z,
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Goal
By the end of this session,participants will understand methodsused to involve students in the
learning process.
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Objectives
By the end of this session, participantswill be able to:
describe the elements of a student
centered lesson; describe the role of the students in a
student-centered lesson.
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What do students learn from a blackbox activity? (observation skills,questioning skills, team work, etc.)
Why is this activity student-centered?
Find topics from the Lebanese
science curriculum where black boxactivities can be used.