FACILITATING LEARNER-CENTERED TEA@HING OU ae Ree ladle SOMETHING TO Ponder. WHAT Is Learner - Centered f@aching? What are some characteristics of a Learner- Centered Teaching?When it comes to utilizing a student-centered vs. teacher-centered educational approach, the answer is the same: the TEACHER. @ “the more traditional or conventional approach“ @ the teacher functions in the familiar role of: © classroom lecture™ © presenting information to the students, m who are expected to passively receive the knowledge being presented. STUDENT - CENTERED LEARNING e the teacher is still the classroom authority figure but functions as more of a coach or facilitator as stude@fl@mMbrace a more active and collaborative role in their own learning.Teacher-Centered vs. Student-Cen@¥ed Education Cons] [Pros & Benefits of a Teacher-Centered Classroom ‘¢ Order in the class! Students are quiet as the teacher exercises full control of the classroom and activities. ‘© Being fully in control minimizes an instructor's concern that students may be missing key material ‘© Teachers fee! comfortable, confident and in charge of the classroom activities. ‘© Students always know where to focus their attention —on the teacher. Benefits of a Learner - Centered Classroom ‘+ Education becomes amore shared experiance between the instructor, ‘and the students, and betwoon he students themselves, “+ Students bud both coloration and communication ails ‘+ Students tend to be more interested in earring when they can Interact with one another and paticpate actly in tor own, educaton “+ Mombors ofthe class learn to work independent and to intact wih ‘ters as part of the loaning process Drawbacks of a Teacher-Centered Classroom This method works best when the instructor can make the lesson interesting; absent this, students may get bored, thelr minds may wander and they may miss key information. ‘Students work alone, missing potential opportunities to share the process of ciscovery with thelr peers. Collaboration, an essential and valuable sklin schoo! and in le, is lscourages. ‘Students may have less opportunity to devetop thelr communication ane cucialhinking skis Drawbacks of a Learner -Centered Classroom With students tree to Interact, the classroom space can feel noisy or chaotc, ‘Cassroom management can become more ofan issue forthe teacher, possibly cutting ito instructional actives. [With less focus on lectures, there can be a concer that some ‘students may miss important information ‘Though calaboration Is considered beneficial, this approach ‘may not feel deal fr students who prefer to work alone.