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- 2. By the endof 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 endof 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. Whatis 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?
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- 6. Teacher-Centered Teaching ▪ FerrisBueller 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: ▪ Areactive 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 ourinstruction 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 problems 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 ▪ Workingwith 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 ▪ Theformat 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 ▪ Realisticsituation 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 1. Games 2. Problem-basedtasks 3. Creative tasks 4. Team tasks 5. Technology-based tasks 6. Personalized tasks 7. Student-generated content 8. Peer Teaching 9. Flipped Classroom
- 14. Example Activity: Guessthe… 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 aStudent-Centred Classroom Active Learning Collaborative Learning Technology Integration Social- Emotional Learning Differentiation Responsibility for Learning
- 16. Practice ▪ Break intogroup of 4s ▪ Sort the activities into a Venn Diagram ▪ Share to the Class White Board
- 17. Application ▪ W/ yourpartner 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?
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- #10 Content should be student-centred
- #12 Content should be student-centred
- #13 Flipped Classroom - Instead of getting information at school then practicing at home through homework, they do the opposite. They gather information at home and work with it at school.