This document discusses learner-centered teaching and its need. It is a unit in a B.Ed core course. The unit covers the meaning of learner-centered teaching, its characteristics, advantages, techniques, and the need for it. The need is to promote interaction among learners, rely on active rather than passive learning, emphasize deep understanding, increase student responsibility and autonomy, and create interdependence between teacher and learner.

1. I Year B.Ed - CORE 3
LEARNING AND TEACHING
Ms R SRIDEVI
Assistant Professor, Pedagogy of Mathematics,
Loyola College of Education
Chennai 34
UNIT VI
LEARNER CENTRED TEACHING
Need for LEARNER CENTERED
teaching / LEARNING

2. The questions and allotment of marks
are as described below:
• Type of course : Full course
• Type of Questions : Essay type
• Questions : 10
• To answer : 7
• Marks : Each carries 10 marks
• Total marks : 70 ( 7 x 10 )
• Maximum word : 600 words / 5 sides
for each question
• Time : 3 hrs

3. LEARNER- CENTERED TEACHING
UNIT VI

4. Unit VI Learner – Centered Teaching
• Meaning – Learner Centered Teaching / Learning
• Characteristics of Learner Centered Teaching /
Learning
• Need for Learner – Centered Teaching / Learning
• Advantages of Learner – Centered
• Learner Centered Teaching Vs Learner Centered
Learning
• Learner centered techniques of teaching and
their advantages.

5. NEED FOR LEARNER
CENTERED TEACHING /
LEARNING

6. Need for learner centered teaching

7. Need for learner centered teaching
• To promote interaction among learners.

8. Need for learner centered teaching
• Reliance on active rather than passive
learning.

9. Need for learner centered teaching
• An emphasis on deep learning and
understanding.

10. Need for learner centered teaching
• Increased responsibility and accountability
on the part of the student.

11. Need for learner centered teaching
• An increased sense of autonomy in the
learner.

12. Need for learner centered teaching
• Interdependence between teacher and
learner.

13. Helping students adjust to a new and
different learning environment

14. Giving students the chance to express
their ideas in their terms

15. Helping to set the goals of student-
centered classes

16. Helping students learn how to set and
achieve their personal, educational
goals

17. Giving students enough room to fail
and learn from their missteps

18. Helping students develop their
critical-thinking and self-reflection
skills

19. Giving students the space to act as
their advocates in the learning
process

20. Showing students specific techniques
for accessing the information they’re
interested in

21. EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS
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22. THANK YOU