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What are some examples of student centered activities in the classroom? Thanks!! :) ... (Asked by witchtygirl)
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learning centers interactive writing inquiry projects guided reading making-words lessons...(Answered by Penn State Princess)

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What are objection to Learner-Centered Approach vstraditional curriculum?solutions to these objections? Developing A Learner-Centered Approach in Classrooms vs traditional curriculum. the objections and criticism to these dimensions of learner involvement might be? Moreover, What are the possible solutions to these objections? ... (Asked by ALI A)
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Traditional Curriculum is "ONE SIZE FITS ALL" - so you can uniformly train/teach a lot of people cheaply and fast and it has measurable outcomes. However, drop out rates are much higher and less successful individually. Learner-Centered Approach - addressing the needs of individual learners and learner styles - it is obviously not one size fits all - more effort to administer because the curriculum has to be altered to fit individual needs - more time consuming, ergo more expensive in administration and teacher time. In my experience it is the only way to teach, especially ESL. The best ...(Answered by biker babe)

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where is germany's education centered government agency? ... (Asked by pan.chom)
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Not sure what you're asking, but Germany is a federal nation, just like the United States, so each state will have its own education agency--states like Bavaria, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Hesse, try looking those up. I believe the education secretary is actually the "Cultural minister" of the state "Kulturminister" in the "Kulturministerium"...(Answered by ziablend26)

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What is student-centered and student-iniated learning/teaching? ... (Asked by tx_football_coach)
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As a teacher I can tell you it is when the teacher plans activities that are tailored to the students. For instance, this would not include lectures and teacher-centered teaching because the teacher is controlling the conversation and learning in the classroom. Student centered activities would be group work, presentations, discussions,inquiry activities. The thought is that students are in control of their own learning and are teaching themselves the information instead of the former....(Answered by witchtygirl)

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What is student-centered and student-iniated learning/teaching? ... (Asked by tx_football_coach)
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As a teacher I can tell you it is when the teacher plans activities that are tailored to the students. For instance, this would not include lectures and teacher-centered teaching because the teacher is controlling the conversation and learning in the classroom. Student centered activities would be group work, presentations, discussions,inquiry activities. The thought is that students are in control of their own learning and are teaching themselves the information instead of the former....(Answered by witchtygirl)

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can you provide me with anything related to learner centered approach? ... (Asked by right path)
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In learner-centered environments learners: Are challenged Are given an explanation of what is expected Are given choice and control Are encouraged to work cooperatively Work with material that is personally interesting and relevant Believe they have the personal competence to succeed Feel respected and that their opinions are valued Have individualized attention to personal learning preferences Have some input into what standards and methods will be used for evaluation Here are the principles of learner centered instruction as devised by an American Psychological Association: http://www.apa.org/ed/lcpnewtext.html Here is the Master Teacher's Module on Learner Centered Instruction: http://www.accd.edu/spc/iic/master/lernercentered.htm A good article on learning centered instruction in ...(Answered by PsychProf)

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can you provide me with anything related to learner centered approach? ... (Asked by right path)
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In learner-centered environments learners: Are challenged Are given an explanation of what is expected Are given choice and control Are encouraged to work cooperatively Work with material that is personally interesting and relevant Believe they have the personal competence to succeed Feel respected and that their opinions are valued Have individualized attention to personal learning preferences Have some input into what standards and methods will be used for evaluation Here are the principles of learner centered instruction as devised by an American Psychological Association: http://www.apa.org/ed/lcpnewtext.html Here is the Master Teacher's Module on Learner Centered Instruction: http://www.accd.edu/spc/iic/master/lernercentered.htm A good article on learning centered instruction in ...(Answered by PsychProf)

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Does learners centered class rooms saves the teachers energy? New educational reform (which was introduced once before too) is learner centered. Is it saving teachers energy? Teaching is not just that teacher keep on teaching & speaking. How long can you listen a speach? US servey says after 5 minutes we loose our concentration on a new speaker but sure he enjoys speech after 5 minutes. because he has overcome the nervousness. If what ever I have to do if I do 70% myself & 30 % by th ehelp of facilator. I will learn the thing 70% just the moment i will finish.& I will have 70% concentration ... (Asked by Jyoti P)
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I too feel that for learners centered teaching the teacher should better attend to individual student and encourage them to work more themselves... However, I think that it is OK for the middle school students... the higher the class the more would be the percentage of speech... However, saving on energy is the resultant individuals gain for the teacher... and do not contribute towards teaching…...(Answered by Harsh...!)

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Why is the Indian education system still archaic? Just book/ teacher centered, emphasis on rote learning? Indian education system - knowledge to be transmitted by teacher rather than discovered by learner. Is'nt it high time to adopt the Western style -extroverted, visual, analytical, being creative, where student learns to exhibit his/hers own distinctive learning style and build character.? ... (Asked by Curious)
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No, The Indian Education system is great, we have 2 kids studying in primary overseas. When I was 7 years old we learned a lot, practised English, Hindi, Maths, Social Sciences and Science and we had different teachers for different subject. Here my kids have only one teacher teaching the everything ! And I speak from the experiences which I had and my kids are having here. My kids are having a overdose of the visual stuff you are talking about and they get tired writing 2 lines in their notebooks. The teacher just gives all the audio visual stuff ...(Answered by Best Answer)

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Why is the Indian education system still archaic? Just book/ teacher centered, emphasis on rote learning? Indian education system - knowledge to be transmitted by teacher rather than discovered by learner. Is'nt it high time to adopt the Western style -extroverted, visual, analytical, being creative, where student learns to exhibit his/hers own distinctive learning style and build character.? ... (Asked by Curious)
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No, The Indian Education system is great, we have 2 kids studying in primary overseas. When I was 7 years old we learned a lot, practised English, Hindi, Maths, Social Sciences and Science and we had different teachers for different subject. Here my kids have only one teacher teaching the everything ! And I speak from the experiences which I had and my kids are having here. My kids are having a overdose of the visual stuff you are talking about and they get tired writing 2 lines in their notebooks. The teacher just gives all the audio visual stuff ...(Answered by Best Answer)

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