Learner-Centered Curriculum Design in curriculum.ppt

Learner centered curriculum

1. TOPIC: Learner-Centered Curriculum Design
PRESENTED BY:
USMAN YASIR 5002
Sarfraz Ahmad 5034
PRESENTED TO:
DR. Hafiz Arshad
DEPARTMENT: DERA
UNIVERSITY OF OKARA

2. Outline
1.What is Learner Centered Approach and its
benefits?
2.Why this paradigm shift is needed?
3.Indicators differentiating Classical & Learner-
Centered Approaches.
4.Learner-Centered Designs

3. What is Learner-Centered Approach?
•The learner-centered approach is a pedagogical
strategy that prioritizes the learner's needs, abilities,
interests, and learning styles.
•It is an educational philosophy that places the learner
at the center of the learning process, empowering
them to take charge of their own learning journey.
•It is a holistic approach that considers the learner's
cognitive, emotional, and social needs.

4. Why shift?
•Need to produce students who are good critical
thinkers, problem solvers, and creative
•Explosion of information: need to make sense of it,
not memorize it
•Improve student engagement and ownership of
learning.

5. Indicators
CLASSICAL LC
Instructional methods
include lecture, teacher
led discussion, book
work
Instructional methods
include cooperative
learning (working in
groups), inquiry (hands
on), debates and
simulations
Instructional skills used
include presenting,
giving directions,
demonstration by
teacher
Instructional skills used
include questioning,
facilitating, monitoring

6. Indicators
Teacher is the
information
provider/gatekeeper
Teacher is the guide,
helping students to
make meaning,
anticipating and
correcting
misconceptions
Goal is to cover
discrete set of content,
knowledge, skills
Goal is student
mastery/deep
understanding of
content, knowledge,
skills

7. Indicators
Room arrangement
likely to be in rows
with teacher in front
Room arrangement is
likely to be flexible,
tables, chairs moved
to accommodate tasks
Conversation
pattern likely to be
teacher-student-
teacher-student
Conversation pattern
is teacher-student-
student-student-
teacher

8. Indicators
Whole group
instruction: single
form of delivery and
assessment
Learning takes place
in whole group and
small, flexible work
groups
Single anchor text Multiple texts at
various reading levels
provided on the same
topic or theme

9. Indicators
Whole class
assessment using a
standard assessment
tool
Multiple options for
assessment,
assessment until
mastery
What else ?

11. Student-Centered Classrooms Focus
on
•What do we want students to know
(deeply and forever) and be able to
do?
•How will we know when they know
it? (assessment of mastery)
•How will we respond when they
don’t/can’t learn it? (interventions)
•How will we respond when they
already know it? (enrichment)

12. Implications for curriculum
•Written by teachers
•Based on State and National
Standards
•Coverage versus depth of concepts
•Facts and trivia versus big ideas
•Isolated command of content versus
real world connections
•Balance between content and skills

13. Shift in Role of Assessment
Did the students “get
it”?
Did the teacher make
good instructional
choices?
Test at the end of
learning: on to next
topic
Test provides
information to adjust
teacher’s plan to
assure learning for all

14. Shift in role of assessment
Instructional focus on
exposure and/or coverage,
teacher puts information out
there, students responsible
for learning it
Focus on students’ mastery,
teacher makes adjustments
and changes on the fly in
response to student
strengths and weaknesses,
teacher responsibility for
learning
Goal to cover
everything, test
everything
Teacher teaches key
concepts deeply,
assesses for main
ideas

15. Learner-Centered Designs
•Child Centered Designs
•Experience-Centered Designs
•Romantic (Radical) Designs
•Humanistic Designs

16. Child Centered Designs
•Children must be active in their environments
if we are to optimize learning.
•Curriculum should be based on child’s lives,
needs, and interests.
•It emphasizes active engagement, personal
growth and the child’s choice.

17. Child-Centered Strengths &
Weaknesses
Strengths
•Empowers students
through ownership of
knowledge.
•Allows for constructivist
learning.
•Focuses on child’s holistic
development, i.e.
academically, socially,
emotionally & physically etc.
Weaknesses
•Content not specific.
•It leads towards a chaotic
classroom environment, if
students are given too
much freedom.
•It’s time consuming
leading towards teacher
burnout.

18. Experience Centered Designs
•Everything has to be done “on the spot”---we
cannot anticipate the interests and needs of
children.
•It fosters environment that promotes well
being (overall quality of life) of learners.
•It’s about creating solutions that not only
meet students’ needs but also evoke positive
emotions.

19. Experience Centered Strengths &
Weaknesses
Strengths
•Based on natural
experiences of children.
•It includes students’
increased engagement,
deeper understanding and
development of critical
thinking skills.
•It allows for a more flexible
& adaptable curriculum.
Weaknesses
•Not specific, So, It’s
difficult in managing
diverse student needs.
•It requires significant
training and resources for
teachers.
•It offers a potential
challenge for uneven
learning experiences.

20. Romantic (Radical) Designs
•Emancipation is the goal of education
•Individuals should gain those awarenesses,
competencies, and attitudes to enable them to
take control of their lives
•Learning results from the interaction among
people; by challenging content and permitting
different views about the content, as well as
from critiquing the purposes of the information
presented

21. Romantic Strengths & Weaknesses
•Emancipates the
learner.
•It emphasis on Emotion
and Creativity.
•Activities like drawing,
painting, music, drama
and poetry allow
students to express
themselves creatively.
•Threatens status quo.
•It has lacking in
structured curriculum
and not clear goals.
•It’s difficult to
implement, particularly
in large classrooms or
diverse student
populations.

22. Humanistic Designs
•The focus of attention should be on the
subject nature of human existence; there is a
relationship between learning and feeling
•Empowering individuals
•Stress the development of positive self-
concept and interpersonal skills

23. Humanistic Strengths &Weaknesses
•Promotes self esteem
•Empowers individuals
•It encourages students
to become self-
motivated, lifelong
learners who are eager
to explore new ideas
and challenges.
•It can be challenging to
assess & measure learning
outcomes due to the
emphasis on individual
growth & self-directed
learning.
•Too much emphasis on the
needs of the individual over
the overall society
•It requires highly skilled
teachers .

24. References
•Ahmed, A. K. (2013). Teacher-centered versus learner-centered
teaching style. The journal of global business management,
9(1), 22-34.
•Brown, Laboard, K. (2003). From teacher- centered to learner-
centered curriculum: Improving learning in diverse classrooms.
•Schuh, K. L. (2003). Knowledge construction in the learner-
centered classroom. Journal of Educational Psychology, 95(2),
426-442.
•O’Neill, G., & McMahon, T. (2005). Student-centred learning:
What does it meant for students and lecturers? Dublin:
University College Dublin.

25. Thank You