2. Historical Development and Educational Principles of Learner-Centered Education
Having looked into the teacher-centered education system, we will move to learner-centered education, which is an alternative approach where learner is taken as the centre of learning process. This section deals with the historical development of learner-centered approach to learning.
Learner-Centered education has a long history of development. The concept of learner/student-centered learning has been credited as early as 1905 to Hayward and in 1956 to Dewey’s work. Carl Rogers, the father of client-centered counseling, is associated with expanding this approach into a general theory of education. He suggested “student-centered” learning approach to education …show more content…
The first is that the teacher must respect the students/learners individuality, complexity, uniqueness, needs, problems and feelings, capacity of making choices, right to govern their own life and select their own values and potentials. The teacher must also accept the students as he/she is as this creates an atmosphere of oneness, openness and respect allowing the students to learn freely without any restrictions and feelings of inferiority or rejection. Effective teaching requires effective communication between the teacher and the students in the classroom and this is possible only when the teacher receives what his/her students want to communicate. The teacher is to design the learning tasks and create a friendly environment that encourages and contributes to student participation. He/she also becomes an educational assessor and facilitator who work with the learner and by assessing and evaluating information as feedback to improve the learning process and not to grade the learner. The teacher must be able to build a good rapport with the learner so that learning becomes effective and an atmosphere is created where the students begin to feel that real learning comes from within their …show more content…
Characteristics and Principles of Learner-Centered
Pine and Boy mention the following traits of learner in learner-centered education
i. The learner assumes the responsibility for his/her intellectual growth and thus learns freely. ii. The learner is accepted as contributor in the learning process. That is, he/she is no longer considered as a passive learner but an active learner in the learning process. iii. The learner is motivated to learning thereby involving actively in the process of growth for active and participatory involvement in the learning process makes education meaningful to the learner. iv. The learner learns in a free atmosphere without any restriction thus developing a spirit of inquiry into knowledge.
v. The learner interacts with the learning process on a human level and reacts to learning at an emotional level, for which real learning becomes possible. vi. The learner is understood by the teacher well so that he/she becomes confident, aware and courageous in taking initiatives in learning. vii. The learner become self-disciplined and finds the resources within himself/herself to be his/her own master and controls of his/her
Having looked into the teacher-centered education system, we will move to learner-centered education, which is an alternative approach where learner is taken as the centre of learning process. This section deals with the historical development of learner-centered approach to learning.
Learner-Centered education has a long history of development. The concept of learner/student-centered learning has been credited as early as 1905 to Hayward and in 1956 to Dewey’s work. Carl Rogers, the father of client-centered counseling, is associated with expanding this approach into a general theory of education. He suggested “student-centered” learning approach to education …show more content…
The first is that the teacher must respect the students/learners individuality, complexity, uniqueness, needs, problems and feelings, capacity of making choices, right to govern their own life and select their own values and potentials. The teacher must also accept the students as he/she is as this creates an atmosphere of oneness, openness and respect allowing the students to learn freely without any restrictions and feelings of inferiority or rejection. Effective teaching requires effective communication between the teacher and the students in the classroom and this is possible only when the teacher receives what his/her students want to communicate. The teacher is to design the learning tasks and create a friendly environment that encourages and contributes to student participation. He/she also becomes an educational assessor and facilitator who work with the learner and by assessing and evaluating information as feedback to improve the learning process and not to grade the learner. The teacher must be able to build a good rapport with the learner so that learning becomes effective and an atmosphere is created where the students begin to feel that real learning comes from within their …show more content…
Characteristics and Principles of Learner-Centered
Pine and Boy mention the following traits of learner in learner-centered education
i. The learner assumes the responsibility for his/her intellectual growth and thus learns freely. ii. The learner is accepted as contributor in the learning process. That is, he/she is no longer considered as a passive learner but an active learner in the learning process. iii. The learner is motivated to learning thereby involving actively in the process of growth for active and participatory involvement in the learning process makes education meaningful to the learner. iv. The learner learns in a free atmosphere without any restriction thus developing a spirit of inquiry into knowledge.
v. The learner interacts with the learning process on a human level and reacts to learning at an emotional level, for which real learning becomes possible. vi. The learner is understood by the teacher well so that he/she becomes confident, aware and courageous in taking initiatives in learning. vii. The learner become self-disciplined and finds the resources within himself/herself to be his/her own master and controls of his/her