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What is Student-Centered Learning?. Emily Richmond Education Writers Association. While the definition is evolving, student-centered learning has four basic tenets. Instruction is personalized; Students advance as they demonstrate competency;
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What is Student-Centered Learning? Emily Richmond Education Writers Association
While the definition is evolving, student-centered learning has four basic tenets • Instruction is personalized; • Students advance as they demonstrate competency; • There is flexibility in where and when students learn; • Student input is a factor in the instructional design. • Sources: Nellie Mae EducationFoundation; Students At the Center; The Glossary of Education Reform
“All squares are rectangles.Not all rectangles are squares.” • Student-centered learning and personalized learning are not synonymous • It’s possible for personalized learning to NOT be student-centered. • However, student-centered learning is always personalized
Is this student-centered learning? • High school students have the opportunity to access online, competency-based instruction and earn credits toward graduation. YES! • The principal decides that all students in Classroom A will use an online program to learn Spanish. Students in Classroom B will take online geometry. NO! • The software program is available only in the on-campus computer lab, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. NO!
For more on student-centered learning • Education Writers Association Topics page www.ewa.org/topics/student-centered-learning • The Glossary of Education Reform www.edglossary.org/student-centered-learning/ • Nellie Mae Education Foundation www.nmef.org • Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE) www.edpolicy.stanford.edu • Students At the Center www.studentsatthecenter.org
