Information Technology in Support of Student-Centered Learning

In this lesson, we will know how a teacher can expand his/her options to make it

more effective and relevant in the 21st millennium information age. In particular, the lesson focuses on

the student-centered learning approach and teacher-centered learning approach in the classroom.

In this case, an essential question goes, how can a teacher manage the classroom?

Objectives:At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:

a. develop prior knowledge about traditional classroom b. know student-centered learning classroom c. identify the new school classroom environment

Traditional

Classroom It is a learning room with desks

in rows and a teacher in front. This room is usually overcrowded with students and one teacher. The mode of teaching in this class is generalized and does not focus on individual performance.

Traditional Classroom Characteristics

Face to face lectures

Student presence and participation

A professional of a learning institution delivers lectures on set topics, often with students facing his/her.

A student that are physically present within the place of learning, as opposed to contributing and

receiving instructions through discussion.

Limited student-to-student interaction

Routine

The set pattern of seating, students sitting at desks or tables, in rows, and the teacher sitting or standing in the front of the class.

Traditional classrooms tend to operate within the boundaries of a fixed routine. At certain points of

the day or class, a set schedule of events will take place in a traditional classroom.

Student-centered Classroom

Students are directly involved and invested in the discovery of their own knowledge. Through collaboration

and cooperation with others, students engage in experiential learning that is authentic, holistic, and challenging.

John Dewey

a traditional learning as a process in which

the teacher pours information to student learners, much

like pouring water from the jug into cups.

Construction

Metacognition

Educator/Studentpartnership in learning

Collaborative learning

Meaningful assessment in real-world contexts

Critical Attributes of a Student-Centered Classroom

Metacognition

Armed with the knowledge of student’ previous understanding of concepts , student-centered teachers create students that

allow students to make connections to new ideas.

In order for the students to be metacognitive they must know how and know the need

to think about their thinking.

Construction of learning

Critical Attributes of a Student-Centered Classroom

Construction

Metacognition

Educator/Studentpartnership in learning

Collaborative learning

Meaningful assessment in real-world contexts

Educator/student partnership in learningThe classroom teacher must possess a deep understanding

of the developmental characteristics of their students aswell as how learn to be an effective

partner in the learning process.

Collaborative learning

Teachers who rely exclusively on lecture are missing an important brain-based principle: people are social and

the brain in a social environment. New meanings comes through social interaction, so the connection between

students is important.

Authentic assessment

When students are engaged in activities that result in authentic and challenging applications, they are more highly motivated to learn. A combination of real-world

assessment and the attributes of assessment for learning provide student-centered classroom teachers with the challenge

of moving away from paper and pencil exams.

In industrialized societies we find knowledge-based economics in which

workers depend on information that can be accessed through information and communication technologies (ICTs).

Desiring to gain effectiveness, efficiency and economy in

administration and instruction, schools in these developed economies have also adopted the support of ICTs.

The new school classroom environment is characterized by student individually or in groups:

performing computer word processing for the text/graph preparing power-point presentation searching for information on the internet brainstorming on ideas, problems and project plans as

needed, the teacher facilitating instruction and individualized instruction

Teachers may have different kinds of techniques, activities and approaches in

teaching their students. Learners may lead to the ICTs to be able to search for mor

informations.

References:

Educational technology2, by Paz I. Lucido, Ph.D. http://www.ask.com/question/definition-of-traditional-classroom http://www.ehow.com/info_7966282_characteristics-traditional-

classroom.html http://www.iglls.org/files/classroom_brief.pdf

The End

Group 2

Borbon, Ruelyn S.Calipsan, Mia CrisConlas, Christine L.Moranta, Mae Frits F.