student centered learning

Student centered learning is very important in my future classroom, because the students are why I am there. I remember many classes that I have taken that have either moved to fast or to slow for us students. It is so frustrating as a class to be sitting around trying to figure out the assignment before we could even start it. Through my experiences in the classroom I have realized some things that are necessary to do to help the learning be centered around the students. First, it is important that the teacher pays attention to how the students are doing and not what the they are saying. Many times they say that they need more time or a little extra help starting the assignment when all they really need is some encouragement and help starting an idea. However, we need to also be careful that when they do need some extra time to complete an assignment we allow them to have it. Usually you can tell the difference between them needing help or not because it is the whole class not being able to do it or it is only one group that says they can’t. I will also take the time to give proper feedback so the students can continue learning even after they have completed the assignment. It is also very important to let the students know what is expected of them and let them take control of their learning by asking questions and making sure you answer their questions.