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In this course, you will focus on ways to establish a community of learners based on learner-centered principles. In such a community, teachers are aware that students construct knowledge from the understandings, skills, attitudes, beliefs, experiences, and cultural diversity they bring to the learning environment. They adapt to the unique characteristics of individual learners and engage them actively in meaningful group and individual learning experiences.
In this Analysis Assignment, you will assess how learner-centered your teaching is. You will first evaluate areas of strength and need as evidenced by the students you serve. You will then examine your performance in relation to specific performance standards and consider several questions: What aspects of my approach are teacher-centered? What aspects are learner-centered? Could modifying my approach lead to greater student achievement? In modules to come, you will apply what you learn by composing lesson plans that are learner-centered.
Directions:
Prepare your work as a conventional paper in a Word or text document using APA format.
Create a title page and references page in APA format.
Support your work by using, citing, and referencing in APA format at least one expert source, preferably a peer-reviewed article. Use the APA guidelines for citing/referencing sources.
Part 1: Follow the directions to complete the learner-centered principles self-analysis. Placement of table 1 of 2 in your paper is optional. If you choose to include the table, access a Word version of the table by clicking the link on the assignment page.
In an Analysis paper of six well-developed paragraphs, answer the five questions that follow table 1 in these directions.
Part 2: Follow the directions to complete the teacher-centered vs. learner-centered analysis of your teaching of standards. Placement of table 2 of 2 in your paper is required. Click the link on the assignment page to access the Word version of the table.
Using well-developed paragraphs, answer the three questions that follow table 2.
Part 1: Learner-Centered Principles Analysis
The Learner Centered Principles of the American Psychological Association (APA) provide a guide for restructuring our classrooms and schools, so they are more relevant to students. A school that adopts and lives by these principles centers attention on learners rather than on teaching, curriculum, or administration. In a learner-centered classroom or school, education is done “with” students—not “to” them. Students feel connected in a learner-centered environment; the student, classmates, and teachers are “partners” in a community of learners.
Directions:
Assess how learner-centered your classroom is by completing the rating scale below.
Place a checkmark by student behaviors already observable in your classroom.
Place a plus sign by student behaviors that you would like to improve or strengthen.
You do not have to submit the table in the Word or text document. If you choose to include the table, access a Word version of the table by clicking the link on the assignment page. However, you must compose a paper that describes and analyzes the results.
Analysis Paper
Directions:
Compose a six-paragraph paper that describes the results and answers the following questions:
What do your self-ratings tell you about the learner-centeredness of your classroom?
What learner-centered principles are currently having the most impact on your students?
What about your own teaching style and philosophy contribute to these strengths?
What learner-centered principles are having the least impact on your students?
What about your own teaching style and philosophy may hamper implementation of these principles in your classroom?
Part 2: Teacher Centered or Student Centered?
Classroom instruction may be conceptualized as ranging along a continuum from teacher centered to learner centered. Extreme, teacher-centered instruction is illustrated by the formal lecture, where the teacher does the majority of the talking and is in complete control of the learning agenda. In contrast, learner-centered classroom instruction involves less teacher domination and shifts more communication, control, and responsibility to students. In Part 2 of the Analysis Assignment, you will evaluate where your classroom is on this continuum.
Directions:
Review the Module 1 reading, “Andragogy and Pedagogy as Foundational Theory for Student Motivation in Higher Education,” by Stephen Pew before completing the assignment.
Copy and paste assignment table 2 of 2 into your Word or text document. Click the link on the assignment page to access the Word version of the table.
Select state, district, or national Common Core standards for which you would like to improve your instruction.
Read the Teacher-Centered Learning and Student-Centered Learning characteristics in Columns 2 and 3. Ask yourself, “What aspects of my current approach to teaching these standards are teacher-centered? Student-centered?”
Examine each instructional area and decide if your approach is teacher-centered or student-centered. Then rate your performance 1 to 5 with 1 being the most teacher-centered and 5 being the most student-centered. Record the rating in Column 4, and explain why you rated yourself in this way.
You will be using the Part 1 and Part 2 analyses to guide you in designing learner-centered lesson plan in modules to come.
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