scholarly journals Contemporary Teaching-Learning Practices: Implementation and Challenges of Student-Centered Learning Approach in Higher Education of Ethiopia

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Birhanu Moges
Keyword(s):  
Classroom Environment ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Best Interests ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Student Centered Learning ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Teacher Centered

Student-centered learning approach is a key factor which focuses on students’ learning experiences and development, well-being and retention so that higher educational learning is delivered in ways that are demonstrably in the students’ best interests. In the teacher-centered approach to teaching, most of the class time is spent with the teacher lecturing and the student watching, listening and taking notes. The present study aimed to explore students’ and instructors’ perception, practices and challenges in implementing SCL. The study employed descriptive survey design by combining quantitative and qualitative approach to collect, process, analyzes and presents the data. A total of 12 instructors and 66 students of the second and third year psychology students have participated in the study through availability and purposive sampling technique. The instruments were questionnaire, classroom observation and un-structured interviews were conducted. Accordingly, the findings indicated that the teaching practices in implementing student-centered learning approach were not as expected. The result also showed that instructors had positive attitude toward the SCL, regarding several aspects such as providing the benefits to both students and instructors, being effective for teaching, creating close relationship and establishing active classroom environment. In the end, instructors also agreed that student-centered instruction will improve the ability of the students to learn the courses. Due to different challenges, most of the students were less interested to learn by SCL, such as sense of fear, lack of interest and confidence. The study further found that the lack of classroom facilities and conditions, large class size, inadequate teachers training, tendency of focusing on teacher-centered approach and limited ability to implement were the challenges of implementing. Finally, it is recommended that responsible bodies rearrange the facilities and conditions necessary inputs for the effective implantation of SCL. To minimize the challenges, instructors should create different techniques to make students participants in teaching-learning process.

scholarly journals Flipped Classroom to Improve University Student Centered Learning and Academic Performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingorance Estrada ◽  
Granda Vera ◽  
Rojas Ruiz ◽  
Alemany Arrebola
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
University Students ◽  
Classroom Environment ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Student Centered Learning ◽  
Traditional System ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Analytical Research ◽  
Teaching Learning

In recent years, educational research has focused on analyzing significant differences in the academic performance of university students according to the intervention model of the traditional methodology vs. the flipped classroom. This empirical-analytical research is based on a quasi-experimental design with non-equivalent groups. The results reveal significant differences on the average grades of university students; those participating in the flipped classroom obtained higher scores than students following a traditional methodology, regardless of the specialization. Moreover, this research concludes that the flipped classroom approach offers an opportunity to transform the traditional system by improving the classroom environment, the teaching-learning process and the student’s assessment.

scholarly journals Teachers' Profesionalism and Challenges in Industrial Revolution Era 4.0

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 195
Author(s):  
Supriyono Supriyono
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource ◽  
Management System ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Competence Development ◽  
Traditional Learning ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Student Centered Learning ◽  
Teacher Centered

This paper discusses the concept of teachers' profesaionalism and challenges in facing the industrial revolution era 4.0. In this case, teachers have a very important role at schools in utilizing various learning approaches. The traditional learning (teacher-centered) approach long implemented for years has now been considered out of date that student-centered learning replaces the approach. The teachers' role has recently shifted that teachers now become the facilitators for their learners. These shifting learning approach has become an inevitabity to anticipate that a concret action is greatly required. Educational world should be able to manage itself by making some renewals and innovations related to the management system, curriculum, Human Resource Competence Development, culture, working ethics, and facilities. This study uses references related to the nature of teachers' profesionalism, industrial revolution 4.0, and various challenges. Concrete actions need to be well prepared as well as creatively, dynamically, and innovatively made. Thus, it can be concluded that teachers should be able to maintain their professionalism in performing their daily duties and obligations.

scholarly journals Directions To Modernize Teaching Methodology

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 560-564
Author(s):  
Nicolae Căpăţînă
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teaching Methodology ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Student Centered Learning ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Society Today ◽  
Teacher Centered

Abstract Article presents the main directions of modernization of teaching methods, factor for modernization of education. Modernization of teaching methods is required by changes taking place in society today latter directly influencing the conduct of education. Shift from teacher-centered education to student-centered learning and changing paradigms instructional, teaching methods require modernization and transformation of his conception of education. Classical paradigm of teaching and learning profound changes, transforming the teaching learning, resulting in the need to change teacher.

Engaging Critical Pedagogy in the Classroom: A Student-Centered Approach to Advertising Education

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 18-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Brown ◽  
Sachi Sekimoto
Keyword(s):  
Critical Pedagogy ◽  
Classroom Environment ◽  
Cultural Difference ◽  
Diversity Education ◽  
Social Location ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Pedagogical Approach ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Student Centered Learning ◽  
Diverse Society

In this article, we explore the ways in which diversity education in advertising can be transformed through a critical pedagogical approach. Critical pedagogy is a student-centered learning approach, rooted in critical self-reflexivity and an understanding of how one's social location is a source of knowledge. This article refocuses attention to the classroom as a space for fostering students' critical consciousness about issues of identity and cultural difference. Approaching the classroom as a microcosm of society, we incorporate critical pedagogy as a means to educate future advertising professionals in an increasingly diverse society. We argue that recruiting and retaining students from underrepresented groups involve not only setting up a so-called “pipeline for success,” but also fostering a classroom environment that accounts for their lived experiences.

scholarly journals PEMBELAJARAN MATEMATIKA BERBASIS MASALAH

Eksponen ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-34
Author(s):  
Kiki Herdiansyah
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Learning ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
High Order ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Student Centered Learning ◽  
High Order Thinking ◽  
Teacher Centered

The purpose of mathematics learning is the student will have high order thinking. This will be needed by student to solve their problems. Learning approach like teacher centered study can not develop their high order thinking. High order thinking is a thinking-level involve bloom's taxonomics. One of the student-centered learning is problem based learning. It can develop a high order thinking in mathematics. This article will show up to you about the problem-based mathematics learning.

scholarly journals Women’s lives in times of Zika: mosquito-controlled lives?

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Rosa Linde ◽  
Carlos Eduardo Siqueira
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
International Agencies ◽  
The Us ◽  
Women's Lives ◽  
Heavy Burden ◽  
The Impact

Zika virus infection during pregnancy is a cause of congenital brain abnormalities. Its consequences to pregnancies has made governments, national and international agencies issue advices and recommendations to women. There is a clear need to investigate how the Zika outbreak affects the decisions that women take concerning their lives and the life of their families, as well as how women are psychologically and emotionally dealing with the outbreak. We conducted a qualitative study to address the impact of the Zika epidemic on the family life of women living in Brazil, Puerto Rico, and the US, who were affected by it to shed light on the social repercussions of Zika. Women were recruited through the snowball sampling technique and data was collected through semi-structured interviews. We describe the effects in mental health and the coping strategies that women use to deal with the Zika epidemic. Zika is taking a heavy toll on women’s emotional well-being. They are coping with feelings of fear, helplessness, and uncertainty by taking drastic precautions to avoid infection that affect all areas of their lives. Coping strategies pose obstacles in professional life, lead to social isolation, including from family and partner, and threaten the emotional and physical well-being of women. Our findings suggest that the impacts of the Zika epidemic on women may be universal and global. Zika infection is a silent and heavy burden on women’s shoulders.

scholarly journals The Importance of Identifying Learning Styles in Medical Education

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 189-193
Author(s):  
Cynthia Caetano ◽  
Roseli Luedke ◽  
Ivan Carlos Ferreira Antonello
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Student Centered Learning ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
Passive Learning ◽  
Teachers And Students

ABSTRACT Learning is a complex construct that involves several factors, mainly the interaction between teachers and students in the process of teaching and learning. Understanding how students learn and which factors influence academic performance is essential information for lesson planning and evaluation, in addition to allowing a better use of students’ learning potential and outcomes. The ability to constructively modify one’s behavior depends on how well we combine our experiences, reflections, conceptualizations, and planning to make improvements. This seems particularly relevant in medical education, where students are expected to retain, recall, and apply vast amounts of information assimilated throughout their training period. Over the years, there has being a gradual shift in medical education from a passive learning approach to an active learning approach. To support the learning environment, educators need to be aware of the different learning styles of their students to effectively tailor instructional strategies and methods to cater to students’ learning needs. However, the space for reflection on the process of teaching is still incipient in higher-education institutions in Brazil. The present article proposes a critical review of the importance of identifying students’ learning styles in undergraduate medical education. Different models exist for assessing learning styles. Different styles can coexist in equilibrium (multimodal style) or predominate (unimodal style) in the same individual. Assessing students’ learning styles can be a useful tool in education, once it is possible to analyze with what kind of learning students can better develop themselves, improving their knowledge and influencing positively in the process of learning. Over the last century, medical education experienced challenges to improve the learning process and curricular reform. Also, this has resulted in crucial changes in the field of medical education, with a shift from a teacher centered and subject based teaching to the use of interactive, problem based, student centered learning.

scholarly journals Exploring the Perception of Students using Student-Centered Learning Approach in a Malaysian Public University

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 204
Author(s):  
Abderrahim Benlahcene Benlahcene ◽  
Sana Anwar Lashari ◽  
Tahira Anwar Lashari ◽  
Muhammad Waleed Shehzad ◽  
Wu Deli
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Public University ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Student Centered Learning ◽  
Cognitive Mediation ◽  
Classroom Activities ◽  
Learning Technique ◽  
Language Courses

This study investigated students’ perception towards language courses using student-centered learning approach at University Utara Malaysia (UUM). Students’ perception was measured through a model termed as environmental, cognitive, affective, and metacognitive mediation (ECAM) which is a common teaching and learning technique used in classroom activities. To assess the implementation of ECAM; qualitative analysis was conducted based on observations of students’ activities in two language courses. The findings of the study indicated that the students employed the techniques of ECAM model. However, cognitive mediation learning technique was extensively used by the students. Moreover, audio-taped interviews were also conducted with four voluntary undergraduate students. The findings from the interviews’ interpretation revealed that students also explicit positive viewpoints about student-centered learning approach.       

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