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    Excellence in Teaching

    Workshop

    April 17, 2013

    Student-Centered Learning in the ESL classroom

    "Flipping" Your Classroom

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    Student-Centered

    Learning in ESL Courses

    Dr. Burkhard N. Schrage

    April 2013

    [email protected]

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    Agenda

    Introduction to student-centered learning

    The role of the instructor and student

    Challenges ahead

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    On weekends, I go kitesurfing

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    INTRODUCTION

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    Student-Centered Learning:

    Research findings

    The most efficient way

    of learning

    Inclusive learning

    Learning is meaningful

    when topics are

    relevant to students'

    lives and interests

    Socrates disputing, detail of The School of Athens, fresco

    in the Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican Palace, c. 1508-9

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    The roles of instructors and

    students

    Instructor: Create a stimulating learning

    environment

    Student: Actively participate in that

    environment

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    Conventional learning

    Students are passive, have no role in

    learning

    Most decisions are made by instructor

    Emphasis is on receiving information

    Teacher has a "monopoly" of knowledge

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    Student-centred learning

    Students have responsible and active

    role in the learning process

    Students are required to make choices

    on what and how to learn

    Emphasis is on exploration and

    discovery of knowledge

    Instructor is a guide, mentor, andfacilitator of learning

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    Student-centered learning

    Intrinsic motivation such as curiosity

    Focus on cooperative learning

    Learning can occur anywhere

    Self and peer assessment is more common

    Long-term perspective, emphasis on lifelong

    learning

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    THECHANGINGROLESOF

    INSTRUCTORSANDSTUDENTS

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    Instructor as a facilitator

    Help and guide students to access,

    organize, and use knowledge to solve

    problems

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    Instructors should

    promote collaborative learning

    draw upon the relation between the students

    prior knowledge and experiences to the new

    learning

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    Students

    need to be aware that they are responsible

    for constructing their own knowledge

    taking part as active participants in the

    learning process

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    THEROADAHEAD

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    Be Aware of Challenges

    Typical roles of instructors in Vietnam

    o Respect

    o Authority

    o Knowledge

    Typical role of students in Vietnam

    o Passive learners

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    So--what can I change in my class?

    Lower-level courses

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    CONCLUSION

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    Conclusion

    You are the most important people at VATC

    Student-centered learning will be the

    dominant learning style--even across Asia

    We will provide you with tools to achieve

    better learning outcomes

    We will measure and reward teaching

    excellence