However, a student-centered vs. Educators know the difference and many are adept at integrating aspects of both approaches into their teaching. However, as with anything, it is often helpful to have a quick refresher. In teacher-centered learning — the more traditional or conventional approach — the teacher functions in the familiar role of classroom lecturer, presenting information to the students, who are expected to passively receive the knowledge being presented.
In student-centered learning , the teacher is still the classroom authority figure but functions as more of a coach or facilitator as students embrace a more active and collaborative role in their own learning. Though the teacher-centered method is historically considered the more traditional approach, the education field has evolved to recognize the significant benefits of empowering students to be more active participants in their own learning.
However, there continue to be countless examples of students being challenged and transformed by a teacher lecturing about a subject they have spent their entire life exploring. The teacher still exercises authority, but is more likely to act as a facilitator, coaching students and assisting them in their learning.
This approach, which has grown in popularity over the past several decades, champions student choice and facilitates connections among students, embracing the philosophy that, for a student to truly learn, they must be actively involved in the process. Writing about her transition from teacher-centered to student-centered instruction for an article in Medium.
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