Student Centred Learning Internet Links
Student Centred Learning (Intrinsic Motivation)
A
Child-Centered Curriculum
Check out the "Educational
Philosophy" section. There is a good article entitled "A Child-Centered
Philosophy of Teaching and Learning: The Child as the Center of Curriculum"
Creating
Tomorrow’s Learner-Centered Environments—Today!
Part of the Adult Learning
Service Online - An interactive conference via satellite for higher education
leaders who are planning the facilities, infrastructures, programs, relationships
...of tomorrow’s learning!
Creative
Learning Exchange
The Creative Learning Exchange
encourages a view of education for primary and secondary schools based
on discovery as the essence of the learning process. This view advocates
systems education implemented through learner-centered learning.
Culture
of a Student-Centered Learning Environment
Colorado University present
a great description of a SCL culture.
Excerpts
from The Learner-Centered Classroom and School: Strategies for Increasing
Student Motivation and Achievement
From a book on SCL.
Funderstanding
- Learning Theories
We've broken down this
section on theories into the following five categories:
Human
Centred Technology
Includes information about
SCL - focus is on implementing and designing technology.
Improving
learning and teaching from a learner-centred approach
An article from the University
of Guelph.
Information
Skills for Student Centred Learning
An overview of a Research
Project funded by the British Library.
In
Search of Understanding: The Case for Constructivist Classrooms
In Search of Understanding--The
Case for Constructivist Classrooms is an important book for Expeditionary
Learning. It offers practical help and conceptual guidance in probing a
simple proposition: we construct our own understandings of the world in
which we live.
Learner-Centered
Classrooms, Problem-Based Learning, and the Construction of Understanding
and Meaning by Students
Part of a site on science
education.
LEARNER-CENTERED
EDUCATION
(Special Note: This
paper is a draft of the preface to an upcoming special issue of the 'Communications
of the ACM' devoted to learner-centered education. It includes references
to specific papers that will be contained in the issue.)
Learner-Centered
Psychological Principles: Guidelines for School Redesign and Reform
Produced in conjunction
with the American Psychological Association. Written in non-technical
language, this document outlines twelve psychological principles that can
provide the foundation for improving the quality of teaching and learning
in America's schools.
Learner
Centred Language Instruction: Best Practice
The aim of the paper is
to propose an approach to second language teaching and learning that would
satisfy second language learners and facilitate their learning process.
From the University of Western Australia.
Learner
centredness: opportunity and necessity
An article from the University
of Guelph.
Learner
centredness and the learning objectives
An article from the University
of Guelph.
Learner
centredness and the learning objectives: A response
An article from the University
of Guelph.
More
Than 50 Ways to Learner-Centered Literacy
Basically a book review
about adopting a student centred approach.
Phi
Delta Kappa Int'l
Some book reviews on SCL
topics.
PROJECT
EMPOWER
Welcome to Project Empower.
The Commonwealth College seeks to make learner-centered instruction the
norm in all its undergraduate programs. Project Empower has been conceived
to quickly bring as many Commonwealth College faculty as possible into
the learner-centered paradigm.
Self-Directed
Learning Home Page
The initial development
of these pages has been aimed primarily at those interested in the advancement
of the knowledge base associated with self-directed learning.
Society
for Effective Affective Learning
Welcome to the SEAL site.
We are a UK-based global association of people interested in the dynamics
of learning, with an active membership in over 40 countries. We are also
a community of individuals committed to the spread of ideas through their
practical implementation.
Some
Realities of a Student Centred Approach to Teaching
A collection of resources
from New Zealand.
STEPS
TOWARD BECOMING A SELF-DIRECTED LEARNER
An excerpt from a paper
by a teaching professor.
Structuring
Schools to Support Learner-Centered Classrooms
The Massachusetts Education
Reform Restructuring Network (ERRN) comprises various school restructuring
projects, and is a key vehicle for schools as they implement Education
Reform, including the Common Core of Learning and Curriculum Frameworks.
Student-Centered
Classrooms (or Families of Education)
A short paper by Christopher
Bradbury.
Student-centred
learning in Asian Studies
The CAUT (Committee for
the Advancement of University Teaching/ National Teaching Development Grant)
project was awarded to the Centre for Asian Studies in 1995 to carry out
a research project entitled 'Student-centred Learning in Asian Studies.'
Student-Centered
Learning
An article about a Student
Centred approach to Electronic, Multimedia and Communication.
Student
Centred Writing programme
From the Illinois Institute
of Technology.
Students
Can Learn on Their Own
Section I below makes suggestions
about how teachers can best manage students' independent work. Section
II provides lists of available independent-learning materials K-12. Section
III is a list of the publishers referred in Section II.
Teaching
for Effective Learning: A Paper for Discussion and Development
Scottish Consultative Council
on the Curriculum site. Seems to be heavily influenced by Donna Brandes
and Paul Ginnis.
The
Empty Centre: Does Student-Centred Learning Imply Abdication Or Role. Redefinition
For Educators?
An article from Curtin University.
The
Global Classroom
Teaching in the 3rd millennium.
A hyper-media resource produced by Dirk H.R. Spennemann
The
NCREST Network: supporting the development of learner-centered schools
NCREST is developing an
electronic network to facilitate the work of its Intentional Networks and
to connect the knowledge and resources of the Affiliates.
The
Transference Relation in Teaching
A substantial academic
document that references the SCL guide by Donna Brandes and Paul Ginnis.
Transforming
the learning environment
Part of the IBM Higher
Education site. Other articles linked to this one.
Visioning
about Technology & Learning
Some familiar SCL ideas,
with a focus on the use of technology.
What
is Student Centered Learning?
Some indicators of an effective
SCL environment.
What
does `learner centred' mean?
An article from the University
of Guelph.
What
is learner-centered?
A definition.
Learning
and Student Motivation
We can assist this faculty
member by pointing her to the rich literature of psychological studies
on motivation and human learning, most of which–although the actual language
may vary–contrast extrinsic motivation (performing for a grade) with intrinsic
motivation (developing an internalized interest in the subject matter).
Many of the studies below chart experiments which tested the relationship
between motivation orientation (extrinsic or intrinsic) and performance,
and many of them offer practical suggestions for helping our students develop
an intrinsic interest in–and hence an intrinsic motivation for studying–our
subject matter.
STUDIES
FIND REWARD OFTEN NO MOTIVATOR
Creativity and intrinsic
interest diminish if task is done for gain
By Alfie Kohn
(from the Monday 19 January
1987 Boston Globe)
MOTIVATION
Impacting motivation
in the classroom
There are a variety of
specific actions that teachers can take to increase motivation on classroom
tasks. In general, these fall into the two categories: intrinsic motivation
and extrinsic motivation.
Intrinsic
|
Extrinsic
|
As a general rule, teachers need to use as much of the intrinsic suggestions as possible while recognising that not all students will be appropriately motivated by them. The extrinsic suggestions will work, but it must be remembered that they do so only as long as the student is under the control of the teacher. When outside of that control, unless the desired goals and behaviors have been internalised, the learner will cease the desired behavior and operate according to his or her internal standards or to other external factors.
Cognitive
Functioning
An article by A. Bandura
- largely examining th e concept of self-efficacy, closely related to issues
of intrinsic motivation.
Accelerating
the Adoption of A Student Centered Campus
An article from the University
of Colorado.
Belmont
Senior High School
A Western Australian school
that has implemented SCL across the campus.
Faculty
of the Constructed Environment (RMIT)
An overview of the SCL
approach adopted by this department.
Foothills
School
A Western Australian school
that found its way in SCL.
Hoboken
Charter School - Learner-centred education
A statement of the Student
centred approach from this American school.
River
Valley High School
An American high school
with a vision to student centredness.
State
of Hawaii - Act 272 - Student-Centered Schools
A summary of some very
forward-thinking legislation.
Student
Centered Learning
A collection of papers
and presentations compiled by John Buchanan - Management Systems.
Student
Centred Learning in a Large First Year Management Class: History,Reflections
and Future Direction
An extensive report about
a SCL project from New Zealand.
Structuring
Schools to Support Learner-Centered Classrooms
The Massachusetts Education
Reform Restructuring Network (ERRN) comprises various school restructuring
projects, and is a key vehicle for schools as they implement Education
Reform, including the Common Core of Learning and Curriculum Frameworks.
Student
Centered Learning in a Special Education Environment
One teacher's experiences
in New York.
Teacher
Power: DESIGNING A STUDENT-CENTERED SCHOOL
Imagine a school with no
separate subject disciplines, no grades, no credits, no Carnegie units.
This is University Heights High School on the campus of Bronx Community
College, an alternative school for 400 students.
Union
Elementary School Web Site
Another US school advocating
SCL
Waialae
Elementary School
The Student-Centered School
legislation in the 1994 Educational Omnibus Bill has provided Waialae with
a new opportunity to develop innovative frameworks for transforming the
classrooms into places that produce authentic student achievements. The
school community takes on the responsibility as a Student-Centered School
with a renewed sense of mission to the goals of public education and quality
educational experiences for all children. We invite you to be a part of
our journey.
The
Fraud at the Heart of Schooling Failure
I suppose every movement
needs its detractors and I guess all voices need to be heard, in that light
I include this link.
Outcome
Based Education
Don
Closson (Probe Ministries)
Claims that "Christians
see human nature as fixed and unchanging" and somehow OBE is going
to lead our students to "violate the moral or religious views of
parents". It also claims that OBE has no subject content in
a curriculum.
The
Specter of Educational "Reform"
An amazing array of articles
and commentary on what's wrong with educational change occurring around
the globe - but mainly in the US. Worth a look, you're bound to encounter
some of these arguments in time.
What
is Outcome Based Education (OBE): A WHITE KNIGHT TO THE RESCUE OR A DISASTER
IN THE MAKING?
An article that is aimed
firmly at debunking OBE - but it also seems to criticise shifts towards
student centredness and asserts teacher as "the expert".
Applications
and Misapplications of Cognitive Psychology to Mathematics Education
A group of Cognitive Psychologists
critically analyse "situated learning" and "constructivism" as they see
it applied in the educational setting.
