We are at a crossroads in education. The role of the teacher has been changing dramatically during the past few decades, reflecting a more student-centric classroom. We have shifted from a viewpoint that emphasized how we teach to one that now focuses on how they learn.
What do we expect to see in today's student-centered or learner-centered classroom?
Students creating products that are meaningful to them
Students confidently amplifying their voices, each in their own unique and genuine style
Students thinking with complexity and applying knowledge and skills to new situations
Students using tools to communicate in compelling ways
Students reflecting on their learning and experiences through discovery
This change in perspective does not mean the teacher's role is diminished; actually, quite the opposite is true. Teachers have never been more essential to ensuring student outcomes.
Building the student-centered classroom In every classroom, the most successful learning occurs when teachers are facilitators or activators of learning. Instead of giving formulaic sets of worksheets, tasks, or practice problems, teachers today are designing active, engaging learning experiences that build on student strengths and interests. During these learning experiences, students are empowered to think more complexly while creating and engaging with content through real life problem solving and perseverance.
Below are four contributions teacher make to ensure that they create a structure in which student-centered classrooms thrive:
Creating a safe environment
Communicate learning goals
Provide a structure for feedback
Emphasize responsibility
Creating a safe environment The foundation for any learning must be built in the context of a safe, nurturing classroom with positive, open communication. Learning is most meaningful and engaging when the classroom climate is one of welcoming errors and disconfirmation as a natural and positive part of developing and exercising new skills. As teachers, we care deeply about our students, our work, and our goals. Our actions and efforts reflect the values of the school community, the classroom, and the education profession. By creating a mutually respectful classroom that embraces diversity of thoughts and ideas, students can articulate their thinking judgement free even if those thoughts may differ from others' thoughts and ideas.
Communicating learning goals Because of this instructional and professional shift, it's important that teachers communicate the teacher-student relationship clearly. Establishing and sharing clear procedures with students early will set the structure for positive interactions and aspirations later.
From the start of the school year or when students first enroll in class, clarify what the student expects from being in that class. This challenges conventional methods. Instead of the teacher telling the students what to expect, this approach begins the process of co-creating learning goals and proactively addresses any anxieties or misconceptions that students may have about the teacher, class, or content in general. The most successful teacher-student relationships are ones built on safety, trust, and respect. Those foundations are established only when students fully understand and share their teacher's vision for learning success.
Providing a structure for feedback Another important aspect in establishing operating principles is for teachers to provide a structure and establish a frequency for communication and feedback with students and parents. In the past, teachers would communicate through grades, report cards, phone calls, or parent meetings at specific points throughout the year Providing continuous feedback to students on a daily basis instead provides more specific, meaningful and productive feedback that leads to higher growth over time.
Fisher and Frey (2011) explain that feedback must be timely, understandable, and actionable. It's crucial that teachers give timely feedback throughout the problem solving process, both in small groups and in individual conversations, and not just on a concluding assessment. This communication ensures students have time to react to and implement the feedback through revisions. The specific or understandable nature of feedback ensures that students know exactly what parts of their reasoning need revision or what parts of their solution path contain inaccuracies. Actionable feedback ensures students can take an objective view of teacher or student feedback and immediately make changes. It's important language isn't vague or praising a student for a right answer. This is the appropriate tiime for clear, direct input, not praise or vague statements. Affirmation is important, but a separate part aspect of feedback.
Thought should be given to how feedback is delivered. Is it in conversation? If working in an google doc will the teacher provide comments in the document itself or in another creative platform? How often are academic or learning conferences held? Will feedback take precedence over grades? Will students be encouraged to reflect on feedback and how? These are structures, and expectations, that a teacher would explicitly communicate to students.
Emphasizing responsibility Responsibility is a very important principle in the classroom.. Responsible behaviors include showing how they arrived at the solution, showing work, recording their reflections, and being open about their creative processes. Teachers must communicate to students that expectations of responsibility are non-negotiable by setting expectations early, making requirements clear, telling students how they will be evaluated and given feedback, sharing rubrics at the beginning of projects, and asking students to set goals. This clarity encourages students to take
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