fifth grade class I was guest teaching in Urbana Illinois. These comments represent a fragment of a twenty minute discussion of a slide of an African carved mother and child. It was disjointed but rich with evidence of fifth graders ’ ways of thinking about something from a different culture

In the traditional approach to higher education, the burden of communicating course material resides primarily with the instructor. In student-centered instruction (SCI), some of this burden is shifted to the students. SCI is a broad approach that includes such techniques as substituting active

It has been long noticed that students are lacking the motivation for those type of teacher-centered learning environment. Student-Centered Learning (SCL) is used in the literature to indicate the shift of emphasis from the teacher to the student as the heart of the learning process. In this work

A student-centered approach for assessing class participation complements and increases the students ’ role in the learning environment that occurs in case discussions and leads to more satisfaction with the process. Results demonstrate that this approach offers more objectivity and transparency

Student-centered learning (SCL) is aimed at developing pedagogy that probes into students learning in regard to what they experience and how they engage in the learning context or environment. This paper aims to review what is meant by student-centered learning in the context of Oman, and how

The pùrpose of this study was to develop and evaluate a problem-based, student-centered learning program (PBSCL) as a component of externship. Ten preceptors who were provided reimbursement for participating were trained to become facilitators for PBSCL and assisted in developing PBSCL cases

the discussion. In a student-centered discussion classroom, instructors might take themselves out of the role of leader entirely, becoming a facilitator instead. In this scenario, students are empowered to be responsible for the discussion while the instructor provides learning outcomes, a text

This paper uses the lens of Gibson’s concept of affordances to explore how weblogs might encourage student-centered learning. It discusses the authors ’ personal experiences using weblogs in the context of an MBA-level course as course weblogs and as a case discussion weblog. Practical matters

There is a need to establish research continuity to enable educators to discern trends in student learning and relate changes in student responses to different teaching methods. Generally, small classes seem more effective than large, discussions are preferred over lectures, and student-centered

is contrasted with an alternative case method drawn from action inquiry (AI) that uses ongoing student cases to develop more effective leadership behaviors. The student-centered case approach is distinguished from traditional case teaching by tracing an important similarity between AI and Socratic