DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TEACHER-CENTERED AND STUDENT-CENTERED APPROACHES
Keywords:
teacher-centered, student-centered, learning, approach, class, styleAbstract
Since it enables students to build their understandings using their experiences and activities, student-centered instruction in the classroom has recently challenged teacher-centeredness. Constructivist and democratic pedagogy is the foundation of student-centered instruction. Student-centered pedagogy emphasizes that students make meaning of what they learn in a learning environment where they are encouraged to develop their reflective and critical thinking as well as a sense of responsibility. On the other hand, teacher-centered training significantly drew upon behaviorist theory, which was predicated on the notion that changes in behavior are brought on by outside stimuli.
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