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
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