Student Centered Teaching Slideshow, Education

A slideshow about how to better improved student centered teaching.

1. Student-Centered Approach to Teaching

2. By the end of the session, you will have…. ___ more about student-centered approaches; practiced utilizing them in different _____; and been able to practice ways of introducing and using these methods that are advantageous to students, schools, and _____.

3. By the end of the session, you will have…. learned more about student-centered approaches; practiced utilizing them in different contexts ; and been able to practice ways of introducing and using these methods that are advantageous to students, schools, and counterparts .

4. Guiding Questions 1. What is student-centered approach to teaching? 2. Why is it better to use student-centered approach to teaching? 3. Why do some teachers find student-centred approach to teaching challenging? 4. What are some examples of student-centred methods/activities?

5. Teacher-Centered Teaching

6. Teacher-Centered Teaching Ferris Bueller scene What makes this classroom “teacher-centered”? How are the students reacting? Armenian context “teacher-centered” lessons common to have lectures and activities directly from textbook More common with older teachers with experience in Soviet-style schools

7. Student-Centered Teaching Learners: Are active participants in their own learning. Work in collaboration with other learners. Produce work that demonstrates authentic learning. Instructors: Help learners work through difficulties by asking open-ended questions to help them arrive at conclusions or solutions that are satisfactory to them. Encourage and facilitate learners’ shared decision-making. Corley, M. Student-Centered Learning . Fact Sheet . Sacramento : Teaching Excellence in Adult Literacy , 2010.

8. Why should our instruction be student-centered? Students learn to learn Students feel more engaged Students learn how to build collaboration skills and gain confidence in knowledge of the lesson. Students learn how to solve problem s and about the relationship between rights and responsibilities. Student-centred instruction leads to long-term retention. RAO, N KUTUMBA. “ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF STUDENT CENTERED LEARNING.” Research Journal of English Language and Literature (2020): 132-134.

9. Potential Challenges Working with counterparts (chaos, noise) Some students prefer working alone rather than in groups. Armenian context: Students may be entirely unfamiliar with concepts like pair work or “turn and talk” Delivering important facts to the whole class. Running out of classroom ideas Challenging to explain complicated activities Still teaching to the textbook Other?

10. Necessary Modifications The format of interactions How do you present information to students? The content Adapting curriculum The role of teacher Maintaining leading role while allowing students more active roles

11. Pair Work: (two students) Small Group Work: (3-4 students) Cooperative Learning Groups: Develops positive interdependence, individual accountability, face to face interaction, interpersonal social skills, and group processing. Classwork Structures

12. Role Play Realistic situation practice Speaking skills and producing language Can be used for different situations! What role-play activities have you engaged in? during PST language training or previous language learning experiences

13. Activities Games Problem-based tasks Creative tasks Team tasks Technology-based tasks Personalized tasks Student-generated content Peer Teaching Flipped Classroom

14. Example Activity: Guess the… Game Divide into 3 teams Each team given a card with a celebrity 5 minutes to discuss with team come up with clues about the celebrity to share Representative from each team reads clues Other teams race to guess the celebrity Can be used for all kind of vocab categories (animals, professions, clothes, etc.) Multiple rounds, tally points

15. Signs of a Student-Centred Classroom Active Learning Collaborative Learning Technology Integration Social-Emotional Learning Differentiation Responsibility for Learning

16. Practice Break into group of 4s Sort the activities into a Venn Diagram Share to the Class White Board

17. Application W/ your partner find another pair to work in groups of 4 Use an activity from the book that is usually teacher centered and make it student centered (think what student-centered practices work best for your activity). Each pair will have 30 minutes to prepare the activity. Feel free to use whatever materials are available! Each pair will present their activity. Think about how you would address these questions: How will you suggest this activity to your counterpart? What is the goal/objective of this activity? Does it meet this goal?