| Teacher Centred Class |
| Student Centred Class |
Teacher-centered vs. Learner-centered paradigms
Comparison of Teacher-centered and Learner-centered paradigms
(Learner-Centered Assessment on College Campuses by Huba and Freed 2000)
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Teacher-Centered Paradigm
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Learner-Centered Paradigm |
| Knowledge is transmitted from professor to students |
Students construct knowledge through gathering and synthesizing information and integrating it with the general skills of inquiry, communication, critical thinking, problem solving and so on |
| Students passively receive information |
Students are actively involved |
| Emphasis is on acquisition of knowledge outside the context in which it will be used |
Emphasis is on using and communicating knowledge effectively to address enduring and emerging issues and problems in real-life contexts |
| Professor’s role is to be primary information giver and primary evaluator |
Professor’s role is to coach and facilitate Professor and students evaluate learning together |
Teaching and assessing are separate
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Teaching and assessing are intertwined |
| Assessment is used to monitor learning | Assessment is used to promote and diagnose learning |
| Emphasis is on right answer | Emphasis is on generating better questions and learning from errors |
| Desired learning is assessed indirectly through the use of objectively scored tests |
Desired learning is assessed directly through papers, projects, performances, portfolios, and the like |
| Focus is on a single discipline | Approach is compatible with interdisciplinary investigation |
| Culture is competitive and individualistic | Culture is cooperative, collaborative, and supportive |
| Only students are viewed as learners | Professor and students learn together |
Teaching and assessing are intertwined, they aren’t separate.
Assessment is used to promote learning not to monitor the learning. Learning outcomes is assessed through authentic assessment, paper work, projects, assignments, portfolio, writing reflection, etc, not through objective score test.
The objective of assessment is not to judge the students, but to motivate the students and apply their knowledge.
Reflection:
Remembering my early classes, teacher-centered class was a common. The learner-centered class is the one we need to engage our students.
As you can see the three bold boxes on the table above are the most features on learner-centered class, that 21st century teachers are needed to consider deeply with the consideration of all others.
Teaching and assessing are intertwined
Assessment is used to promote and diagnose learning
Desired learning is assessed directly through papers, projects, performances, portfolios, and the like.
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