STUDENT CENTERED

APPROACH
By Karl Anthony O. Salise.
 BELIEFS ABOUT
LEARNING

Students learn in
different ways
BELIEFS ABOUT
LEARNING
Learning is an
active dynamic
process
 BELIEFS ABOUT
LEARNING

Students respond
well when they are
involved
 BELIEFS ABOUT
LEARNING

Ss learn with
guidance, not
prescriptions
 BELIEFS ABOUT
LEARNING

Knowledge is
internal;Ss build it
By the end of this
workshop we will
all be able to
provide the answers
to the questions
previously rais ed
WORK IN PAIRS:
❖Watch the demo classes
and take notes of the
characteristics of each
one.
Discuss the insights with
your peers
COMPARE THIS PICTURE TO THE
TWO CLASSES YOU HAVE JUST WATCHED
DISCUSS IN PAIRS:
In your class…

◆ Who produces more?

◆ You, as a teacher or….

◆ your students?
OLD TRADITIONAL
APPROACH:
◆Most class time is spent with the
teacher lecturing and the students
watching and listening.
◆ Students work individually on
assignments, and cooperation is
discouraged.
◆ Activities have no meaningful purpose.
WE CAN GET THIS RESULT:

◆ Or… maybe this one!

Student-centered methods shift the
focus of activities from the teacher to the
learners.
KEY WORDS:
Active learning

create brainstorm
solve problems explain

discusS debate

answer questions formulate questions

of their own
MAIN CHARACTERISTICS
OF A STUDENT CENTERED
CLASS

Ss are active doers:

Ss own 80% of the lesson

Teachers are organizers:

Little time on TTT (20% of the lesson)
 A Checklist
we should meet in
order to achieve a
SCL:
When thinking
about activities
and tasks to
include in our
LPs…
 A Checklist for
meeting a SCL: The activity or task
must contain…

Prediction
Self-discovery
Lesson involvement
Knowledge application
Varied Ss’ interaction patterns
WE CAN achieve this checklist
through different kinds of activities:

GAMES/SONGS WITH LEARNING VALUE

TASKS ACTIVITIES

WITH VARIED
INTERACTION PATTERNS
KEEP IN MIND …

”All of the tasks and

activities that teachers
prepare must facilitate
a positive and effective
learning environment.”
“
PRESENT A SC ACTIVITY:
◆ Using a page of your book demonstrate a SC
activity.
◆ Take into consideration the
checklist and characteristics
mentioned:
✓
Prediction
✓ Self-discovery
✓ Lesson involvement
✓ Knowledge application
✓ Varied Ss’ interaction patterns
NOW WE ARE STUDENTS
TCL vs. SCL

S3
S1

S2
ANALYSIS AND REFLECTION:

◆ Work with your partner and make a list

of conclusions based on the answer to the
questions disccussed at the beginning:
◆ How can we find out the different ways our
students learn?
◆ How can we get our students engage in learning?

◆ How can we involve SS?

◆ How can SS be encouraged to try things out and

discover?
◆ What’s the teacher’s role?
 Benefits of SCL
Students
◆ can work in small groups, at school / home
◆ have access to more materials
◆ are directly involved in what they study
◆ take ownership of their learning
◆ are more motivated and committed
Teachers
◆ act as facilitators / guides
◆ help ss to work out learning strategies
◆ develop ss’ research ability
A good teacher is
one who makes
himself
progressively
unnecessary.
~Thomas Carruthers
 REFERENCES:
◆ http://ehlt.fliners.edu.au/education/DLiT/2002/enviro
n s/scott/stucteac.htm
◆ http://shambles.net/pages/staff/EAL_ESL/
◆ http://www.2vobs.at/methods/communicative
_language_teaching