Information Technologyin Support of Student- Centered Learning

20TH Century

John Dewey

-argued a highly active and individualized

pedagogical methods which place the student at

the center of the teaching- learning process

* Caswell and Campbell

* Marsh and Willis

Traditional Classroom

Students chairs are neat and proper rows

Teacher sits behind his or her desk or stands at the front

Teacher discuss and students, just listen

Teacher is the center

The Student-Centered Learning

John Dewey

-thought is not derived from action but tested by application

He explained that DIRECT INSTRUCTION is like pouring water from a jug

-What is the problem with DIRECT INSTRUCTION APPROACH?-

World’s Societies have began to change

Industrialized Societies

* Information and Communication Technologies

Students are Computer LiterATE

Performing computer word processing for text or graph presentations

Preparing power-point presentation

Searching for information on the internet

Brainstorming on ideas, problems and project plans

As needed, the teahcer facilitating instruction, also giving individualized instruction to serve individual needs