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Student-Centered Learning Practices, Culture, & Environment

Student-Centered Learning Practices, Culture, & Environment. Connecting the Dots IV June 27, 2011. Why Student-Centered Learning?. Vermont Transformation Student-centered Learning Leadership for Student-centered Learning Flexible Learning Environments Engaged Community Partners

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Student-Centered Learning Practices, Culture, & Environment

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  1. Student-Centered LearningPractices, Culture, & Environment Connecting the Dots IV June 27, 2011

  2. Why Student-Centered Learning? • Vermont Transformation • Student-centered Learning • Leadership for Student-centered Learning • Flexible Learning Environments • Engaged Community Partners • Globalization and Technology have had significant impact on the world. How have they changed education?

  3. What are we trying to achieve? • We will re-examine our beliefs around, and our understanding of, student-centered learning with the goal of clarifying, expanding and extending our understanding of SCL in a 21st century context. • Practices & Strategies • Classroom & School Culture • Environment

  4. My Role • Not the expert • I have my own beliefs & understanding... which keeps growing • My role today is to facilitate a process... not to provide answers

  5. SCL in the 21st Century • Complex • Multifaceted • It includes... • What • How • Why • Where • When ....... Students learn

  6. Curriculum & Instruction • You can’t deal with one without the other... SCL is impacted by, and impacts, both • SCL must be purposefully integrated • SCL will look different at various grade levels... yet it will be remarkably the same throughout K-16

  7. Present Understandings • By Teams • Create a Visual of your present understanding of SCL • Visual Organizer • 10-15 minutes

  8. Personal Learning Styles • In Your group each person take a few minutes to discuss... • How do you learn best? • Next, discuss... • What inhibits or stifles your learning? • Go back to your visual. Based on your conversations, is there anything you would like to update on your visual?

  9. SCL Video • College level but applicable throughout. • See how many components of SCL you can identify in the video. • How many did you already have and how many are new? • Update your visual What is Student-centered Learning?

  10. Five Scenarios • What can you learn from each of these scenarios... about what is and what isn’t SCL? • Read each scenario • Discuss with your group its strengths and weaknesses as it relates to SCL • Rate it from 1 to 10... 10 being perfect SCL • Share your rating • Group discussion of ratings • After reading all five scenarios, go back and see if your visual needs updating

  11. Taking a Peek • Time to check out the visuals that others have created. • Each Team move to the right. Take two minutes • On my cue, move to the right again. Continue this until you are back to your computer • Did you get any ideas on things you missed? If you wish, update your visual again.

  12. Creating a Common Visual • Each group add 2 components at a time • Practices & Strategies • School/Classroom Culture • Environment • Revise and adjust • What are the most compelling components?

  13. Defining the Components • Assign various components to each group • In 25 words or less, define/clarify the component • Post to master visual • Clarify and revise

  14. If you believe... • It should drive every step in curriculum development • Instructional strategies and practices must be at the very least considered, and more likely, specifically built into the curriculum

  15. What does it look like? • It doesn’t look the same in every class • Not all components are always present • It doesn’t mean there isn’t an appropriate time for some “teacher centeredness” or whole class instruction • When you see it in action, your will recognize it. • Depending on the present curriculum and instructional practices, it may take several years to transform classroom practice

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