world cafe: what is student-centered learning, really?
DESCRIPTION
A facilitated conversation at UBC - Point Grey campus.TRANSCRIPT
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UBC’s World Cafe
What is student-centered learning?
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facilitators
Jan Johnson: Manager, Facilitation and Process Design
Cindy Underhill: Learning Resource Design Strategist
Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT)
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what we’re aiming for...
A documented collection of your ideas about student centered learning. What does it mean? What do we need in order to
support it?
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how we’ll get there..
Discussion
Sticky notes for ideas
Grouping ideas according to themes/patterns
Collective observations
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student-centered perspective...
“Learning results from what the student does and thinks and only from what the student does and thinks. The teacher can advance learning only by influencing what the student does to learn.”
- Herbert Simon ( late Prof. Carnegie Mellon University)
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student-centered principles
Active, experiential
Shared power between teacher/student: teacher as guide
Focus on deep learning* and understanding
Learner assumes responsibility for learning
Learner constructs knowledge
Social context important
*intention: to understand (beyond task completion)
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what does it look like?
as a learner
Photo by velcro on Flickr
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or this...
as a teacher
From wasme on Flickr
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or this...
as a teacher
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or this...
as a teacher
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or this...
as a teacher
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or this...
as a teacher
How do you
know?
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or somewhere in between...
as a teacher
From O’Neill and McMahon 2005
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Discussion 1
Talk about:
What happens when an attempt at creating a student centered environment doesn’t work? Impact on teachers? Learners?
Do:
brainstorm ideas on flip chart paper
choose a few key ideas and write on sticky notes
add to wall
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Discussion 2
Talk about:
What are the ingredients for a student centered learning environment that works? Why are those ingredients important?
Do:
brainstorm ideas on flip chart paper
choose a few key ideas and write on sticky notes
add to wall
change group – one “messenger” stays behind.
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observations
What patterns do you notice?
Are you surprised by anything you see?
Is there anything missing?
Something you would like to move or highlight?
One thing that you will take away from the discussion?
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thank you!
Outcomes assembled on UBCWiki:
http://wiki.ubc.ca/Documentation:World_Cafe