Student+Centered+Classroom+Ideas

=Student Centered Resouces= [|The Student-Centered Classroom] 48 page booklet by Leo Jones published in 2007

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 * Give an overview of the various ways student-centred learning is defined,
 * Suggest some ways that student-centred learning can be used as the organising principle of teaching and assessment practices,
 * Explore the effectiveness of student-centred learning and
 * Present some critiques to it as an approach.

How to run a student centered classroom
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Technology Enhanced Student Centered Learning
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Student Centered Learning
=Brainstorm ideas about what a Student Centered Classroom will look like=

Group 1: Might look off-topic from the outside...chaotic...lots of movement. Takes time to tie everything together. Blurting out suggestions/comments. Students natural curiosity might look like "systematic chaos."

Group 2: I dunno. Lots of questioning. Open discussions about prior knowledge. Project about prior knowledge...such as poster. Cross-curricular work.

Group 3: Examples may include Student choice (ex. choice of country when studying geography)

Group 4: Cooperative learning groups, equity--making all students feel comfortable participating, technology. Teachers asking questions and moving around, facilitating student conversation, access to materials.

Group 5: Based on mutual responsibility between teacher and learners. All responsible for reading, but various roles in leading conversation, peer pressure to maintain responsibilities--hold up your end of the bargain. Individual responsibility needs to be followed up on, so everyone is accountable. Teacher CAN learn from the Learner.

Group 6: Student choice, student-led questioning; students are risk-takers who don't feel threatened by the environment. High interest-level.

Group 7: Group seating, lots of hands-on materials, research materials (1:1 laptop computers, for example, or TI-83 labs).

Group 8: Resources could be varied: technology, hard-copy resources, periodicals. The emphasis is on communication and the sharing of ideas researched from those resources. No idea is a bad idea.

Group 9: Iowa Core Curriculum.

Group 10: Kids give feedback--i.e., boardwork, partnerwork, sharing out.

__QUESTIONS/NEEDS TO KNOW__ 1. How do you take a process that works well for doctoral students and make it accessible to K-12 students? What is the hook? 2. Classroom management? How do you maintain it? 3. Can you allow for questioning on paper as opposed to verbally? (To maintain a non-threatening atmosphere) 4. Examples of what constructivism is and what it looks like in the classroom?