Student-centered approach to learning

personal-oriented approach to learning involves concentration and effort on keeping the teacher, as well as the formation of the whole personality student.A specialist who relies on him, will take care not only about the development of intelligence, citizenship and a sense of responsibility the student, but also, increasingly, its spiritual, emotional, aesthetic, creative talents and capabilities for their maturation.

personal-oriented approach has the following goal - to create the conditions for the formation of a full-fledged mental functions of the individual.It is about:

  • human capacity for conscious choice;
  • ability to reflect and evaluate the life;
  • shaping the image of the "I";
  • search for the meaning of his life and work;
  • responsibility for the deeds and actions;
  • personal autonomy from external influences.

personal-oriented approach has a special relationship in the "student-teacher".In this system, the student is the main actor in the whole educational process.

teacher is now transformed from a "source of information" and "controller" in the diagnostician and assistant who ensures the development of student personality and psyche.The organization of the educational process implies that it must direct the student.That is why this method is also known as personal-development training.

consider in more detail the principles and methods of the organization of educational process.

First, student-centered approach means that there must be a focus not only on training and education as to the development of students.

Second, the teacher must take into account the individual characteristics of students (age, physiological, psychological, intellectual).

Third, the construction of a teaching material the teacher should keep in mind the educational needs of the class, focusing on the different level of complexity in the program material, so that it is accessible and understandable for everybody.

Fourth, students should be allocated for a particular peer group based on their knowledge, skills and professional orientation.

Fifth, every child must be treated as a unique and unique personality.

Consider, for example, how to implement student-centered approach to learning a foreign language.It is necessary to create a special education classroom environment that will include:

  • organization and the use of different types of material, form and content;
  • use at lessons of technical equipment (projector and tape recorder);
  • provision of student freedom in choosing how to perform tasks in order to remove the emotional stress for fear to err on the actions taken;
  • use of non-traditional forms of individual and group sessions in order to activate the work of each child;
  • creation of conditions for self-expression in the collective and self-employment;
  • presence of attention to the evaluation and analysis of the individual ways of working that encourage the student to create not only the result but also the process of work (to be student to tell how he organized the work, what means used that liked and what - no);
  • trained teacher for the continued implementation of similar work in class, as well as in the organization of extra-curricular lessons;
  • development and application of individual training programs that will simulate a search (research) thinking;
  • organizing lessons in small groups on the basis of dialogue, simulation and role-playing games and training sessions.