Learner-centered teaching

This approach is, for me, really useful and as the title says, this approach is focus on the students. They are who are going to built their own knowledge and teacher are guides and help students need. Students are the ones who are going to think, analyze, enquire, solve problems, etc in order to find the answer to their questions. This approach makes students analyze the way they think, what they are learning and how they learn it. Also, with this approach teacher gives more responsibility and an active role to the students. These latter were accustomed to have everything ready to do such tasks, quizzes, works, topic to research, and some others, but now they are part of the process and they become active students and thinkers. Of course, the teacher still has to prepare the class, tasks, quizzes etc. but the teacher is giving more chance to participate to his students. Another important aspect this approach has is the fact that students have to work collaboratively, as a group, where each student can learn from another, focusing on the main objective that is acquire knowledge.  As all students or at least the majority are participating, using the language, using grammar and vocabulary the y are going to remember what they studied and in that way knowledge is going to be more memorable. The role of the teacher is really important and it must be focused on the students, so the teacher must be a facilitator rather than a controller.

Reference:

• Blumberg, P.. (2014). Learner-Centered Teaching. April 25, 2015, from U.S.University of Sciences Website : http://www.usciences.edu/teaching/Learner-Centered/
• CAUSE/EFFECT (1997) The learner-centered process ¨(image). Retrieved from: https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/html/cem/cem97/graphics/cem9739-f1.gif