Student centered learning

1. Student centered learning Dr. Sherwan Rahman Sulaiman MD MSc PhD College of Medicine Hawler Medical University 2016-2017

2. Learning Outcome By the end of the lecture the participant must be able to: • Describe what is student centered learning and its benefits. • Be able to implement SCL in the class.

4. Student Centered Learning SCL The shift from teachers teaching to students learning: more than semantics

5. Why shift? • Need to produce students who are good critical thinkers, problem solvers, and creative • Explosion of information: need to make sense of it, not memorize it • Improve student engagement and ownership of learning

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12. Student-Centered Classrooms Focus on • What do we want students to know (deeply and forever) and be able to do? • How will we know when they know it? (assessment of mastery) • How will we respond when they don’t/can’t learn it? (interventions) • How will we respond when they already know it? (enrichment)

13. Implications for curriculum • Written by teachers • Based on State and National Standards • Coverage versus depth of concepts • Facts and trivia versus big ideas • Isolated command of content versus real world connections • Balance between content and skills

14. Shift in Role of Assessment

15. Shift in role of assessment

16. Importance of alignment • Curriculum aligned to standards • Teaching aligned to curriculum and student needs • Assessments accurately reflect student mastery • Student mastery of curriculum results in school improvement • Teacher Evaluation Plan and contract reflects district expectations • Staff development and resource allocation supports the instructional core

18. Questions ? • Do it …