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Advantages and Disadvantages

The document discusses the advantages and disadvantages of student-centered learning according to various sources. It outlines benefits like permanent learning, active involvement, and increased self-confidence and motivation for students. Disadvantages include difficulty constructing new knowledge without prior guidance. It also examines characteristics of student-centered teaching and how the approach gives students more control over learning.

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Advantages and Disadvantages

The document discusses the advantages and disadvantages of student-centered learning according to various sources. It outlines benefits like permanent learning, active involvement, and increased self-confidence and motivation for students. Disadvantages include difficulty constructing new knowledge without prior guidance. It also examines characteristics of student-centered teaching and how the approach gives students more control over learning.

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Advantages and disadvantages

According to Bayram-Jacobs, Dürdane (Dury) & Hayirsever, Fahriye (2016: 8-10)


the advantages and disadvantages of SCL in regard to students are:
Advantages
 Permanent learning.
 Active involvement in the learning process.
 Motivates learning.
 Makes learner construct the knowledge by himself.
 Allows learner to choose the best way for learning.
 Gives responsibility to the learner.
 Self-confidence and self-sufficiency of the learner increases.
 Provides opportunity to learn by interaction.
 Provides opportunity to learn according to his own learning speed.
 Learner can feel comfortable.

Disadvantages
 If s/he does not have previous knowledge about the subject, understanding
and constructing new knowledge will be difficult.
 Not knowing if something is correct if learned alone.
 If no social interaction with the others, cannot participate in the process
effectively.
 May not be open to other ideas.

According to Bayram-Jacobs, Dürdane (Dury) & Hayirsever, Fahriye (2016: 9) the


advantages of SCL in regard to learning processes are:

 The individual differences are taken into account whilst planning the learning
process.
 It makes learning fun.
 It is not limited and planned.
 It provides time and saves effort.
 Practising is more important than theory.
 It prevents memorizing.

According to Bayram-Jacobs, Dürdane (Dury) & Hayirsever, Fahriye (2016: 9) the


disadvantages of and barriers to SCL approaches related to teachers are:
 Students can go further than the limits, learn unnecessary or
incomplete knowledge.
 If the teacher does not perform his/her role as a guide well, s/he can
lose control of the learning process completely.
 If the teacher cannot control the process, s/he cannot guide students.
 If teacher has incomplete or incorrect knowledge, s/he cannot lead
students.
 Teacher may not find SCL necessary to use and not take it seriously.
 Teacher may not make any preparations.
 The workload of a teacher increases.

British Journal of Education, Society & Behavioural Science. (2016). Student-


centred Learning: How Does It Work in Practice? [Ebook] (1st ed., pp. 8-10).
Retrieved 7 November 2021, from
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309194507_Student-
centred_Learning_How_Does_It_Work_in_Practice.

Characteristics

Maryellen Weimer, Penn State Professor Emeritus of Teaching and Learning and
Editor-in-Chief of the Teaching Teacher, mentioned in her post "Five
Characteristics of Student-Centered Teaching" the main features of Centered-
Student Learning:
1. Learner-centered teaching engages students in the hard, messy work of
learning.
2. Learner-centered teaching includes explicit skill instruction.
3. Learner-centered teaching encourages students to reflect on what they are
learning and how they are learning it.
4. Learner-centered teaching motivates students by giving them some
control over learning processes.
5. Learner-centered teaching encourages collaboration.
Weimer, M., PhD. (2018, February 14). Is My Teaching Learner-Centered? Faculty
Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning.
https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-and-learning/teaching-learner-
centered/
How does teaching occur?
The learning environment has learner responsibility and activity at its heart, in
contrast to the emphasis on instructor control and the coverage of academic
content found in much conventional, didactic teaching (Cannon, 2000).
Additionally, learners find the learning process more meaningful when topics are
relevant to their lives, needs, and interests, and when they are actively engaged in
creating, understanding, and connecting to knowledge (McCombs &
Whistler,1997).
The role of the instructor in student-centered classrooms is to encourage learners
to do more discovery learning and to learn from each other; the instructor focuses
on constructing authentic, real-life tasks that motivate learner involvement and
participation (Weimer, 2002).

Corley, M. (2021). https://lincs.ed.gov/sites/default/files/6%20_TEAL_Student-


Centered.pdf [Ebook] (1st ed., p. 1). TEAL. Retrieved 9 November 2021, from
https://lincs.ed.gov/sites/default/files/6%20_TEAL_Student-Centered.pdf.

What kind of students are suitable?


The Nellie Mae Education Foundation study revealed that student-centered
learning is suitable for any student, regardless of age. All students who understand
their learning environment and feel in control of that environment are more likely to
participate during the school day. These students see increases in their academic
achievement level.

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