Educational Psychology / Unit 6 EDP 0519 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Student-Centered Strategies
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The idea
Student-centered strategies such as independent study and self-reflection give learners more initiative, but both still need a teacher's response to go deep.
In practice
Reflections on prejudice written alone stayed shallow; teacher responses deepened them.
Where people slip
Critics say teacher-directed instruction breeds passivity, yet research supports it when it is well designed and implemented.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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