Age of Creative Insecurity: Student-Centered Learning

Trapped by inflexible mechanisms, many institutions are unable to adapt smoothly to the changing expectations and needs of their clients. Our educational system is particularly out-of-synch. Student-centered teachingparticipative education-through unstructuring is one method for encour. aging a flex...

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Published in:Journal of education for library and information science 2015-01, Vol.56 (1), p.112
Main Author: Martell, Charles
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Achievement
Classroom Environment
Classrooms
Education
Educational Change
Ethics
Goal Orientation
Group Dynamics
Group Unity
Leaders
Leadership
Learning
Lecture Method
Librarians
Libraries
Library Administration
Library management
Methods
Participation
Participative Decision Making
Personality
Personality traits
Resistance (Psychology)
Social Behavior
Social Control
Society
Student Centered Curriculum
Student Centered Learning
Student Motivation
Student Participation
Students
Success
Teacher Motivation
Teacher Role
Teaching
Teaching Methods
Thinking Skills
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Summary:Trapped by inflexible mechanisms, many institutions are unable to adapt smoothly to the changing expectations and needs of their clients. Our educational system is particularly out-of-synch. Student-centered teachingparticipative education-through unstructuring is one method for encour. aging a flexible, creative, classroom environment. However, as this article points out, grades as the criteria for success, the learned need for predict. ability, the tendency to reward conformity, and inexperience in group decision-making techniques have hindered the development of student. centered learning.
ISSN:0748-5786
2328-2967