ORARIO, REYMARK A.

Beed 2c

Educ 153

What is the difference between teacher-centered and learner centered teaching?

Learner Centered
Teacher Centered

Students answer each other’s

Instructor answers students’
questions, using instructor as an
questions about language
information resource

Instructor chooses topics Students have some choice of

topics

Classroom is quite Classroom is often noisy and busy

Focus on the educator Both the educator and learner

have an equal focus

Prevents learners from

expressing themselves and Give learners the freedom to
discourages them from asking acquire knowledge independently
questions and logical and logically by asking questions
engagement in self-learning.
Students work alone
Students work in pairs, in groups,
or alone depending on the
purpose of the activity

Educator talks, and students

continue to listen and remain Student-student and teacher-
silent student collaboration and
communication is encouraged