The document discusses student-centered learning approaches and how they differ from traditional teacher-centered models. It addresses how students learn best when they are actively involved in the learning process, have autonomy over their learning, and can apply information in personally meaningful ways. The roles of students and teachers are also contrasted, with students taking on more active roles as decision-makers, designers, and assessors in student-centered approaches.

1. student-centered learning
whoever does the work does the learning

2. last thing you learned
what was your motivation?
how did you learn it?
do you choose how to learn it?
if not, did that make it harder to learn?

3. how does learning work?
behaviorism - stimulus response scenarios
cognitive psychology -from external learning environment to
internal processes
social cognitivism - relationship between information
constructivism - individually building understanding

4. little gold safety pin

5. roles
Students Teachers
decision makers scaffolding
designers group goal setting
set rules and processes assessment
workers discipline

6. Defining Love

7. assessment
what do you want to know?
what is the goal?
does it have to be a secret?
could students create their own assessment?
could students see the test before they start?

8. motivation
why learn?
help students provide their own context
create their own relationships between information
autonomy, mastery, purpose
ZPD - Vygotsky