Three secondary school teachers implementing student-centred learning in Iraqi Kurdistan

In Iraqi Kurdistan, the educational system is going through significant changes. The educational system influences the students’ attitudes, and one wants the educational system to support the young democracy. In this study, student-centred learning (SCL) is seen as a first step to learning, but also to participation and engagement as a citizen. Three secondary school teachers worked with researchers from Norway and Kurdistan to implement SCL strategies in their daily teaching. Teachers experienced changes in their roles when emphasizing the importance of students’ participation in the learning processes. They could not lecture most of the time; they needed to make more space for the students’ activities and allow them to become more active. They acted more as mentors for their students. The content of the teaching also changed. When the teachers lectured it was about their subject. When the students were expected to be more active, the teachers also had to teach the students how to be more active. The traditional way of furnishing the classrooms in Kurdistan has been rows of benches and desks for the children and a desk by the board for the teacher. This way of furnishing was described as a hindrance when organising for students’ participation. The teachers’ experiences were of main interest in this action research project. Their responses to interview questions were validated by classroom observations. Also, a group of researchers with very different cultural and scientific background collaborated. This was in itself an interesting side effect in this action research study.     

Inquiry-Based Early Childhood Teacher Preparation: The Personal Learning Plan Method

The purpose of this paper is to describe a Personal Learning Plan method used in undergraduate early childhood education courses as a specific case of learner-centered, inquiry-based instruction. A rationale for this approach to instruction, the instructional context in which the specific method was developed and used, the method framework (i.e., preliminary and final plans, activities, products, and reflections), and the evaluation process will be discussed. Finally, a discussion of the perceived benefits and challenges of the method as it has been implemented will be presented.     

"以学生为中心"的本科教学改革刍议

"以学生为中心"的教学改革是一种范式的改革,它包含了"以学生为中心"的本科教育理念、内涵、方法以及实现途径等.文章主要论述了教师如何通过分享三大权力——课堂权力、课程大纲权力和考核评估权力及转换相应角色来实现"以学生为中心"的本科教学,促进学生学习意识和自主学习的发展,并为更深层次的研究提供参考.     

高职英语课堂学生焦虑感情况调查分析

英语课堂焦虑是影响英语学习过程和结果的重要因素.运用Horwitz设计的外语课堂学习焦虑量表,调查了我院非英语专业一年级学生的英语课堂焦虑情况.结果显示,学生英语学习焦虑与成绩有显著负相关.英语学习中焦虑感高的学生成绩较差,反之成绩较好.     

构建以学生为中心的中医英语教学模式研究

从分析中医英语教学的现状入手,本文从中医英语课程的定位,教学手段和方法,考核制度几方面探究如何构建以学生为中心的教学模式。     

浅谈“以学生为中心”教学法在机械基础教学中的应用

介绍了"以学生为中心"教学法在机械基础教学中的应用,从而克服了传统机械基础教学模式中存在的弊病,通常是对学生采用协作式、个别化、小组讨论等教学形式或采用多种教学形式相结合来进行教学。学生共同参与解决实际问题,激发了学生的学习兴趣,强调学生的主体性,培养学生分析和解决实际问题的能力、接受新知识的能力以及团结协作的社会能力。     

"以学生为中心"的教学模式与提高自主学习能力

大学英语教学中要加强建设“以学生为中心的”教学模式，突出学生的认知主体作用，同时充分发挥教师的主导作用，培养英语学习中的学习自主能力，最终提高教与学的质量。     

The Efficacy of Personal Learning Plans in Early Childhood Teacher Preparation

The purpose of this paper is to present data demonstrating the potential efficacy of Personal Learning Plans (PLPs) as an instructional tool in early childhood teacher preparation. One hundred and thirty-nine undergraduate students enrolled in an introductory course offered within a unified early childhood education program over a period of four years completed preliminary and final surveys including items on student background, efficacy of course methods, and student learning style and outcomes. Data related to the PLP and other, more didactic, methods used in the target course are presented. A general conclusion that can be drawn from these data is that students believed the PLP method to be no less effective than other methods relative to some indicators and significantly more effective than other methods relative to other indicators. Results are discussed in terms of self-efficacy theory.

探讨"以学生为中心"的外语教学

本文探讨了“以学生为中心”的外语教学的渊源、内涵及我国推行“以学生为中心”的教学模式所遇到的困难和阻力,分析了影响该教学模式推行的因素：传统的师生观,传统文化的影响,学习的特点等,并指出“以学生为中心”是一种理论上、较理想化的教学模式,将其完全付诸于教学实践仍需探讨。     

‘Where do I go from here?’: learning to become activist teachers through a community of practice

Background: Student-Centered Inquiry as Curriculum (SCIC) is an activist approach [Oliver, K. L., and H. A. Oesterreich. 2013. Student-Centered Inquiry as Curriculum as a Model for Field-Based Teacher Education. Journal of Curriculum Studies 45 (3): 394–417. doi:10.1080/00220272.2012.719550] inspired by years of research with youth. It was designed as a means of listening and responding to youth in order to better facilitate students’ interest, motivation, and learning in physical education settings. While we have a strong and growing body of activist research with youth in physical education, SCIC as a specific approach to working with youth is in its infancy; thus, there is a need to further explore the challenges teachers/researchers face learning to use this approach to teaching.

Purpose: This study explores how educators, in different contexts, learn to use an activist approach called SCIC, in order to better facilitate students’ interest, motivation, and learning in physical education and physical activity settings.

Research setting and participants: Participants included a university professor, a college instructor, a postdoctoral student, a doctoral student, and a pre-service teacher. Data were collected between January and May 2016.

Data collection and analysis: Data collection included weekly field notes and debriefings following observations, teacher artifacts, weekly collaborative group meetings, and two individual interviews per teaching participant.

Discussion and conclusions: The main challenge that emerged was learning how to move from a theoretical understanding of student-centered pedagogy to the practice of student-centered pedagogy. Specifically, the amount of time that was necessary to build a foundation that allowed for student and teacher understanding, respect, and comfort, negotiating teacher and student assumptions that were embedded in the status quo of physical education (PE), and the struggle to gather and use meaningful data to guide pedagogical decisions. We negotiated these challenges through our professional learning community whereby we worked to all be able to see and name what was happening in our individual classes and collectively planned what was needed to move forward through these challenges.