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6 thoughts on “Student Centered”
Here is some “must-see TV” if you haven’t seen it yet:
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution.html
I have discovered the power of PQA this year, and it is all through personalization. I can get a full class of conversation out of one simple question, “What did you do this weekend?”
I LOVE Mondays for that very reason! It’s such a nice way to get to know your kids and speak the language with them for an extended period. And you get lots of mileage out of the little facts (or made-up ones) later, as stories develop.
Bump. Remember, all, we offer some of the only truly student-centered classes in the universe.
I totally agree. However, we may have to instruct people in just how we are student-centered. Some people say “student-centered” when the students are doing projects and independent work, or any time the teacher is not directing class. We have real student-centered CONTENT as well as interpersonal activities that can involve all students throughout class.
I say this because last spring a school administrator father told me I am “teacher-centered” without having seen me teach. He bases his opinion, apparently, on my refusal to let his son to blurt and talk in English constantly. Son pouts & whines, probably complaining that I talk and they’re expected to listen. But what I am talking about? Student-contributed content. I’m directing, not controlling.
School adminstrator elsewhere — thankfully, that man is not my supervisor!