ERIC Number: ED471560
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Publication Date: 2002-Nov
Pages: 41
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A Learner Centered Education.
Ballard, Florence N.
This paper proposes a learner-centered educational system, focusing on aspects that are intrinsically associated with the modern educational system, such as the curriculum, school community, parents, learners, and educational support personnel. It examines: primary level preparation (literacy, numeracy, and basic knowledge; examination and accountability; and complementary skills that enhance learning and character building, such as listening, study, memory, thinking, time management, multicultural, and social skills); high school level preparation, including preconceptual tests, the teacher and continuity, teacher training and subject specialization, sciences as separate disciplines in high school, integration of disciplines, learning as a sequential development, class size and subject rotation, textbooks, scientific literacy, mind tools, quality and quantity of information, the learning environment, and assessment; tertiary studies, which are designed to make teachers competent in using the medium of instruction and maximizing the knowledge of students in the chosen discipline; the teacher within the ideal curriculum (even in a learner centered classroom, education revolves around the teacher); the supervisor's role in learning; the parent-student relationship; brain development; the importance of good nutrition and a healthy lifestyle; positive attitudes; and the liaison with parents and the community. (Contains 36 references.) (SM)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Brain, Child Development, Computer Literacy, Curriculum, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Listening Skills, Literacy Education, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Nutrition, Parent Role, Preservice Teacher Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills, Science Education, Student Evaluation, Supervisors, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Role, Teacher Student Relationship, Time Factors (Learning)
Publication Type: Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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