5 Features of Student-Centered Teaching
In a typical classroom setting, the teachers often have overall control of the classroom. What topic is to be discussed today? Who is going to teach it? What assignments will the students carry home? And what problems are to be solved around the topic? To date, the strategy has been effective in imparting education to students of almost all generations. But effectivity had rarely been questioned as no mechanism existed to understand the amount of information that students retained. Modern research, however, has proved that empowering the students with these decisions actually leads to effective education and thus came the concept of student-centered teaching. The roles are reversed, but not entirely. Students have more autonomy, but teachers still play a guiding role. The top 10 schools in Noida Extension are applying student-centered teaching into their classrooms to improve engagement and they are doing it at all levels. Here are the main features or characteristics...