Learner & Teacher Centered Planning and Instruction

Learner-Centered planning and instruction


Three Strategies:
1. Problem based
2. essential questions (essay question)
3. discovery learning (research assignment)
    - links the project to their curiosity
    - allows students to discover connections for themselves

Integrating the Curriculum
- more real - more authentic

Video: Sugata Mitra (TED)
- shows how children teach themselves

1)  Remoteness - effects quality of education: schools and institutions in remote areas outside of mainstream life are found to have a lower standard of education.
* 6-13 year olds will self instruct if they have the resources
* primary education can happen on its own

2) Children can self organize - learning is a self organizing system

"Any teacher that can be replaced by a machine, should be ..."
* I think this is a fair statement because if a teacher is not able to give his or her students the in depth learning experience that a computer or some type of technology could, there is no point for them being there other than to supervise. If the technology is there for students to use, it should be utilized in everyday learning.

Teacher-Centered planning and instruction

- what is it?
- connected with traditional views: teacher makes all decisions
John Dewey - progressivism (more student centered)

Behavioral Objectives
ex. By April 15th, Marta will correctly read the following survival words: exit, push, pull, Women's, Ladies, washroom, information, with 80% accuracy.

Condition.Action.Term 


*statements that communicate proposed changes in students behavior to reach desired levels of performance
1. student behavior - what they will do
2. conditions under which the behavior occur - where, when, how
3. performance criteria - terms, degrees of accuracy, quality