learner-centered
Student at helm
Learner-centered describes educational approaches that prioritize students' needs, interests, and learning styles over rigid curricula or teacher-directed instruction.
In a learner-centered classroom, students have more agency in what and how they learn: The school adopted a learner-centered model where students choose their own projects.
The term contrasts with traditional teacher-centered methods.
Temporary exterior work platform
- constructivismActive knowledge-building theory
- inquiry-basedDriven by questioning
- self-directedManaging oneself without supervision
- MontessoriChild-led educational philosophy
experiential · project-based · competency-based · individualized · facilitation · formative assessment · multiple intelligences · Dewey
Act of selecting
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- flexible seatingMovable, reconfigurable chairs
- portfoliosCollections of representative work
self-assessment · feedback · small groups · discussion · hands-on · engagement · ownership · agency
Ease of approach
- universal designCreating spaces usable by all
- backward designCurriculum built from outcomes
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- personalizationTailoring to individual needs
user experience · modules · pathways · rubrics · competencies · milestones · pacing · self-paced
scaffolding
Temporary exterior work platform
- constructivismActive knowledge-building theory
- inquiry-basedDriven by questioning
- self-directedManaging oneself without supervision
Montessori · experiential · project-based · competency-based · individualized · facilitation · formative assessment · multiple intelligences · Dewey · Piaget
choice
Act of selecting
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- flexible seatingMovable, reconfigurable chairs
portfolios · self-assessment · feedback · small groups · discussion · hands-on · engagement · ownership · agency · empowerment
accessibility
Ease of approach
- universal designCreating spaces usable by all
- backward designCurriculum built from outcomes
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
personalization · user experience · modules · pathways · rubrics · competencies · milestones · pacing · self-paced · microlearning
- active learningexploration, questioning, investigations, problem-solving, think-pair-share
- Eduspeakpedagogy, curriculum mapping, scaffolding, rubric, formative
- learning theoriesconstructivism, inquiry-based, metacognition, cognitive development, meaning-making
- skill masteryskill mastery, skills, skill development, skill progression, proficiency
- constructivismPiaget, Jean Piaget, scaffolding, schema, equilibration
learner-centeredteacher-centered
Learning directed by educator
lecture-based · didactic · top-down · prescriptive · one-way
learner-centeredlecture-based
Taught through monologue
didactic · transmissive · passive learning · rote learning · chalk and talk
learner, centered, learn, center, learned, learning, learns, unlearned, relearn