scholarly journals LEARNER-CENTERED TEACHING: WHAT MAKES IT EFFECTIVE

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Endang Darsih
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Teaching Approach ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Teaching Techniques ◽  
Core Content ◽  
Learner Centered ◽  
The Government

Learner-centered teaching is a teaching approach that is increasingly being encouraged in education. In Indonesia, learner-centered teaching has been an obligation for teachers to be implemented since the government decided to try out the new designed curriculum, the 2013 curriculum. However, it is not always effective since teachers are lack of creativity, lack of responsibility and knowledge. Therefore, this study was sought to find out teacher�s efforts and their roles in implementing learner-centered teaching effectively. The study involving two English teachers revealed that several efforts done by teachers in learner-centered teaching are; 1) let the students do the hard messy work of learning because they are not passive recipients of knowledge, 2) give autonomy and responsibility to students for material they learn and their own learning in general, 3) use highly engaging core content that meets the needs of the students, 4) give feedback to help students to improve, and 4) utilize multiple teaching techniques appropriate for student learning goals. Several roles of teachers in learner-centered teaching are as guides, facilitator and coaches. Teachers also play important roles in creating an environment that fosters students� learning, accommodates different learning styles, and motivates students to accept responsibility for learning.Keywords: Learner-centered teaching, teaching approach, teachers� efforts & roles

A Learner-Centered Student Course Portfolio

Volume 1 ◽  
2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mysore Narayanan
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Intellectual Development ◽  
Teaching Effectiveness ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Short Paper ◽  
Teaching Methodologies ◽  
Learner Centered ◽  
Term Papers ◽  
Assessment Of Student Learning

In this short paper the author tries to explain how a learner-centered student course portfolio has helped him to document the educational outcomes. The author has taught and is currently teaching the subject matter of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Fluid Mechanics at an undergraduate level. Here the author tries to correlate the assessment of student learning to the assessment of instructor teaching methodologies. It is well known that industry is in need of employees that are committed to long-term development and continuous improvement. The key element here is to recognize the fundamental concept that teaching and learning are connected and therefore it is essential that the interaction between the instructor and learner is properly documented in the portfolio. (Cerbin, 1994). While addressing these issues, the author raises five questions: 1. What should be counted as appropriate goals in an undergraduate engineering course that has a significant laboratory component? 2. Are the teaching practices utilized by the instructor in this course providing reasonably acceptable paths toward accomplishing the specified learning goals? 3. What do students actually accomplish in the course and the laboratory exercises and how does the instructor’s teaching methodologies contribute to students’ intellectual development and progress? 4. How does the instructor respond to students’ learning difficulties? Does the teacher revise the teaching strategies to address such problems? 5. What impact does this type of teaching have on students’ life-long learning attitudes? Are they able to “learn, how to learn.” A course portfolio is deemed as a specified document that represents the specific accomplishments of the student and is structured to explain what, how and why the students learnt in that particular course. The portfolio shall include everything that was accomplished in that particular course. It should contain a teaching statement that provides a flow-chart. (Knapper, 1995). Further, an assessment analysis of student learning should be supported by class work, problem sets, quizzes, examinations, research reports, term papers, examinations, laboratory reports, etc. An analysis of student feedback is essential to document teaching effectiveness. Finally, a comprehensive course summary. The summary should describe the strengths and weaknesses of the course in terms of students’ learning. (Richlin, 1995).

scholarly journals Education Curriculum of Learning In Children

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-36
Author(s):  
Vedamoni Ranjan
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
The Other ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Visual Learners

To develop in children a broad range of skills, including the problem solving, interpersonal and communication skills that are essential for successful living in a rapidly changing society. The curriculum encourages student initiative by providing children with materials, equipment, and time to pursue activities they choose. At the same time, it provides teachers with a framework for guiding children’s independent activities toward sequenced learning goals. There are seven specific types of learning styles. Visual learners prefer to learn mathematics through pictures, diagrams etc. A well-balanced intelligent child is able to develop all the types of learning styles. The students have to understand and accept their type of learning style earlier so that learning becomes easier and less stressful in the future. But it is important to train and practice the other types of learning styles so that the children can utilize them as effectively as possible. The teacher plays a key role in instructional activities by selecting appropriate, developmentally sequenced material and by encouraging children to adopt an active problem-solving approach to learning. This teacher-student interaction teachers helping students achieve developmentally sequenced goals while also encouraging them to set many of their own goals uniquely distinguishes the High/Scope Curriculum from direct-instruction and child-centered curricula (high/Scope Educational Research Foundation, 1989). Teachers keep notes about significant behaviors, changes, statements, and things that help them better understand a child’s way of thinking and learning. Teachers use two mechanisms to help them collect data: the key experiences note form and a portfolio. The High/Scope Child Observation Record is also used to assess children’s development. According to Ronald Barnett, learning may or may not take place when a subject is taught. While discussing this point he has presented two contrasting images of quality. They are institutional performance and student experience, student learning or student achievement. The teacher in his opinion is central to higher education. Teaching may be able to improve the quality of student’s learning but the teacher should remind himself that it may also impair the quality of student’s learning. This is partly because student’s learning strategies vary under two polarities, one between deep and surface understanding and the other between holistic and atomistic understanding of their learning experiences. He goes on to add that for a student, learning has three distinct aspects: learning style, motivation and curriculum demands. Therefore teachers have to pursue, beyond teaching strategies to enable their students to attain certain specific skills.

scholarly journals Effective Learning for Early Childhood during Global Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 515-522
Author(s):  
Mohammad Fauziddin ◽  
Diana Mayasari ◽  
Lussy Midani Rizki
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Instructional Videos ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Learning Conditions ◽  
The Government ◽  
At Home

Several previous research studies stated that parents have a big role in implementing learning during a global pandemic, which is well-known with COVID-19. This research aims to review the role and strategies of parents in assisting children to learn during the pandemic. The research method is a literature study by selecting various articles of research results according to the research study. The results of the study indicate that effective learning can be done by recognizing children's learning styles, creating a positive environment, creating various learning methods with teacher coordination. In addition to parents, the government and teachers also have a stake in the success of practical learning in achieving learning goals: online learning through instructional videos, assignments tailored to learning conditions at home, and preparing learning tools to be carried out at home. These findings provide valuable insights for parents to be alert and more creative in creating effective learning.

scholarly journals Making a Tough Choice: Teacher Target-Setting and Student Achievement in a Teacher Performance System Using Student Learning Objectives

AERA Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 233285842097977
Author(s):  
Allison Atteberry ◽  
Sarah E. LaCour
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Teacher Performance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Target Setting ◽  
Student Learning Objectives ◽  
Performance System ◽  
Better Than

The use of student learning objectives (SLOs) as part of teacher performance systems has gained traction quickly in the United States, yet little is known about how teachers select specific students’ learning goals. When teachers are evaluated—and sometimes compensated—based on whether their students meet the very objectives the teachers set at the start of the year, there may be an incentive to set low targets. SLO systems rely on teachers’ willingness and ability to set appropriately ambitious SLOs. We describe teachers’ SLO target-setting behavior in one school-district. We document the accuracy/ambitiousness of targets and find that teachers regularly set targets that students did not meet. We also find that, within the same year, a student’s spring test scores tend to be higher on the assessments for which they received higher targets. This raises the intriguing possibility that receiving higher targets might cause students to perform better than they otherwise would have.

scholarly journals Using the Spanish Online Resource Aula Virtual de Español (AVE) to Promote a Blended Teaching Approach in High School Spanish Language Classrooms / Utilisation de la ressource en ligne espagnole AVE pour favoriser l’approche de l’enseignement hybride

2012 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Martine Pellerin ◽  
Carlos Soler Montes
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
Teaching Approach ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Online Resource ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Delivery Approach ◽  
Blended Teaching

The study explores the effectiveness of the implementation of blended teaching (BT) by combining the Spanish online resource Aula Virtual de Español (AVE) with the face-to-face (F2F) delivery approach in second language Spanish programs in two high schools in Alberta, Canada. Findings demonstrate the effectiveness of combining the online resource AVE to the F2F teaching approach to promote BT in the Spanish language classroom. The use of BT approach in the language classroom had a positive impact on the students’ attitudes towards the study of the language, the students’ motivation and their participation levels in class, as well as their use of the target language in the classroom. Moreover, the multimodal experiences provided by the use of the online AVE resource combined with the F2F delivery approach responded more to the different learners learning styles and specific needs. Finally, the use of online AVE in conjunction with F2F teaching was also perceived as an effective tool in the preparation for the International Spanish Diplomas (DELE) taken by the students in the more advanced Spanish classes. La présente étude explore l’efficacité de l’enseignement hybride combinant l’utilisation de la ressource espagnole en ligne Aula Virtual de Español (AVE) et l’interaction face à face dans les programmes d’enseignement de l’espagnol, langue seconde, dans deux écoles secondaires de l’Alberta (Canada). Les résultats démontrent l’efficacité de la combinaison de la ressource en ligne AVE à la prestation face à face pour favoriser l’approche de l’enseignement hybride dans les cours d’espagnol. L’utilisation de l’approche de l’enseignement hybride dans le cours de langue a eu une incidence positive sur l’attitude des élèves relativement à l’apprentissage de la langue, la motivation des élèves et leur taux de participation en classe, ainsi que leur utilisation de la langue d’apprentissage dans la classe. En outre, les expériences multimodales fournies par l’utilisation de la ressource en ligne AVE et l’interaction face à face correspondaient mieux aux styles d’apprentissage et aux besoins particuliers des apprenants. Enfin, l’utilisation de la ressource en ligne AVE et de l’interaction face à face a aussi été perçue comme un outil efficace de préparation aux Diplômes internationaux d’espagnol (DIE) entrepris par les élèves des cours d’espagnol plus avancés.

scholarly journals CHARACTERISTICS OF GOOD ENGLISH TEACHERS BASED ON THE PERCEPTION OF THE STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT LEARNING STYLES AND PERSONALITIES

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Fausiah Sriyuliyana
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Psychological Aspect ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
School Students ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Pedagogical Aspect ◽  
Visual Learners

The  research aims are (i) Identifying the characteristics of good English teachers in SMAN 3 Sinjai Selatan. (ii) Knowing the characteristics of good English teacher based on the students’ learning style. (iii) Knowing the characteristics of good English teacher based on the students’ personality. This research was done by using a qualitative approach. The data were collected by using two instruments i.e. questionnaires and in depth interview. The results of this study reveal that (i) The characteristics of good English teacher based on the students’ perception in SMAN 3 Sinjai Selatan are categorized into four different categories, namely proficiency, pedagogical (both conceptual and practical), socio-affective and psychological aspect. The last category was the additional category in which age included in and differently from the work of Gi and  Hyo (2006) that only specified three categories, namely proficiency, pedagogical and socio-affective skills. (ii) In general, the characteristics of good English teacher based on the students’ learning style are dominantly in pedagogical aspect. Visual learners want English teacher who can keep the students’ focus and concentration in their learning; auditory learners expect English teacher who can engage the students’ motivation and interest toward learning English; and haptic learners propose the English teacher who concerns on the process rather than the achievement of the students in learning. (iii) The characteristics of good English teacher proposed by high school students based on their personality are dominantly on the teacher’s pedagogical and socio-affective aspects. Only a few ideas of the students that concern on the teacher’s proficiency and psychological aspect.

scholarly journals Pemanfaatan Youtube Sebagai Media Pembelajaran Bahasa Jepang di SMAN 10 Malang Pada Masa Pandemi Covid-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-86
Author(s):  
Dhevi Amalia Hermawan
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Student Response ◽  
Japanese Language ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Language Class ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Mathematics

SMAN 10 Malang began implementing learning from home activities since the issuance of a circular from the government regarding the implementation of education policies during the Covid-19 emergency. Japanese language learning which is one of the subjects at SMAN 10 Malang that is studied by students majoring in Language and Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is also carried out online. In meeting these challenges, Youtube media is used for Japanese language learning during home learning activities (BDR). This study aims to describe the use of Youtube in Japanese language class dan to determine how interest and student learning outcomes in Japanese language learning using Youtube media during BDR activities. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative method with the process of collecting primary data through the results of student response questionnaires, as well as secondary data through the results of evaluation of student learning in Japanese language learning using Youtube media. The results of data analysis showed that students' interest in using Youtube media as a medium for learning Japanese language during BDR activities was in highest criteria. Moreover, the data has shown a satisfactory result in learning Japanese language through Youtube as a learning media.

scholarly journals Studi Dampak Covid-19 Terhadap Hasil Belajar Geografi di SMA Negeri 1 Sikur

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-239
Author(s):  
Animar Animar ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Student Learning Outcomes ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Government

The spread of the Corona virus has had a significant impact on the world of education. The policy taken by many countries, including Indonesia, is to close all educational activities. This makes the government and related institutions have to present an alternative learning process. Many factors affect student learning outcomes coupled with changes in learning conditions due to the Corona virus (Covid-19) outbreak. The purpose of this study was to obtain information about the impacts and constraints of the Covid-19 outbreak on teaching and learning activities, especially in Geography subjects at SMA Negeri 1 Sikur. Data collection was carried out using the pretest - posttest method of students' abilities before and after the Covid-19 pandemic. Furthermore, data analysis was carried out by quantitative methods using paired sample t-test to test the difference in the effect of the two treatments on the interrelated sample groups. The results of the analysis indicate that there is a difference in the average Geography learning outcomes of 11th grade of social science students before and after the outbreak of the corona virus. Information was obtained that the average value of student learning outcomes during the face-to-face learning process was 86.27, better than the average value when the learning process was carried out online which was 75.73. Keywords: covid-19 impact, learning outcomes, geography

scholarly journals PENGARUH CARA BELAJAR TERHADAP HASIL BELAJAR SISWA MATEMATIKA SMK JANUR PERSADA SIGI

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dewi Sri Wahyuni
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Mathematics Learning ◽  
Student Learning Outcomes ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Test Analysis ◽  
Minimum Score ◽  
And Mathematics

This study aims to determine whether or not there is an influence of student learning styles on learning outcomes of mathematics. In addition, this study aims to determine how much influence students learning styles about the learning outcomes of mathematics in SMK JANUR PERSADA SIGI. This type of research is Expost Facto's research. The population in this study were all students of the SMK JANUR PERSADA SIGI,  the number of students is 80 students consisting, students of class X as many as 25 students, class XI as many as 20 students and class XII as many as 35 students. The sample in this study was all students in the SMK JANUR PERSADA SIGI. The research instruments used were questionnaires on learning styles and Mathematics Learning Outcomes Test. Analysis of the results of the research data was carried out using the SPSS version 20.0 computer program. The results of the study show that: (1) Most students of the SMK JANUR PERSADA SIGI have learning styles in the moderate category with an average score of 38.50 with a standard deviation of 5.4321 from a minimum score of 14 to maximum 56; and mathematics learning outcomes in the very low category with an average score of 29.31 with a standard deviation of 7.833 from a minimum score of 0 to maximum 100. (2) The learning styles the SMK JANUR PERSADA SIGI is in the moderate category. (3) The mathematics learning outcomes of the SMK JANUR PERSADA SIGI are in the very low category. (4) the influence of The way to study with mathematics learning outcomes is 51.1%. While 48.9% of student learning outcomes are influenced by other variables not examined

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document