Team A

Zina Abduljaleel
Ahmed Islam
Hiba M. Al Attar
Baxtear Othman
Dalia Ali
How to prepare learner mindset
for student-centered approach ?
• Learning is fun
• Controlling and directing one’s own learning
By understanding, controlling, and directing one's own
learning is essential for becoming a lifelong learner.
• Learning-style characteristics
The attempts is made to build on the strengths,
interests, and needs of individual learners.
• Learning motivation
The emphasis is on developing the learner’s intrinsic
motivation to learn and producing a lifelong desire to
“learn about learning.
• Learning resources
Means other learners, teachers, family members,
employers, and others are seen as learning resources.
• Provide a safe environment to learn
• Praise students’ effort
• Help set learning goals
Why students resist learner-
centered teaching?
• Learner-centered approaches are more work.
This approach require more work for faculty, and the
students resist because they quickly realize that they will
have to do more work as well.
• Learner-centered approaches are more threatening
Students resist because they are afraid of what to do
especially when the student and faculty behavior are no
longer applied.
How should they act? Who is responsible now?
• Learner-centered approaches involve losses
Growth creates a sense of loss for students,
the loss of certainty and increasingly confusing.
• Learner-centered approaches may be beyond students
Students are passive, disconnected, not always
responsible, dependent. Therefore the faculties have the
responsibility to prepare students and push them forward.
Why teachers resist learner-
centered pedagogy?
They are concerned about what these approaches do:
• Diminish the amount of content in courses.
• Let students set course policies.
• Devote class time to developing learner skills.
• Employ fewer rules and requirements.
• Involve students in assessment activities.
• Comfort zone
Traditional teacher-cantered approach is more
comfortable.
A retired math teacher Richard Shard stated :
Application of student-cantered pedagogy is
possible “if teachers had sensible workloads”
Described Teacher-centred • Increasing Student Choice.
pedagogy as “easier and less • Adaptable work spaces.
time consuming”.
What are teacher’s roles within
learner-centered approach ?
• Preparing learners
Helping students to develop self-awareness and awareness of
learning goals and options.
• Analyzing learner needs
Learning needs analysis to determine the gap between the
existing skills, knowledge, and abilities and those desired.
• Selecting methodology
Finding better, or ideally, the best teaching methods.
• Transferring responsibility
Learner-centered represents the partnership model;
decisions regarding the content and form of teaching
are shared between teachers and students.
• Involving learners
The Students' choices contribute to
decision-making.
What strategies should be used
manage student-centered classrooms?
• Creating Flexible Teaching and Learning Spaces.
• Comfortable, welcoming environment.
A successful learning environment can be differ
between the students. A flexible furniture gives
students more autonomy regarding their way
of learning. Adaptable furniture with special
design, mobile work spaces provide
opportunities for individualization and
creativity.
Empowers them to feel in control of their education
which improves focus and productivity
Clean classroom is a simple way to make students
feel at ease, and emphasize flexibility.
Colorful simulation, complexity and bulletin board,
wall art are positively affect on the feedback.