Student-Centred Teaching
Overview
Student-centred teaching is about paying attention to how our students are learning and developing as they experience the formal and informal curriculum.
As teaching staff, we can help our students relate to the content by:
- Activating relevant prior knowledge, skills, and experiences
- Providing visualisations for abstract ideas and processes
- Raising real-world examples to contextualise abstract theories
- Simulating experiences through involving standardised patients or the use of virtual reality software
- Involving industry partners or real clients in applied learning and applied research projects
Formative assessments are also essential to student-centred teaching as they provide feedback to support students’ learning in terms of process and delivery, as well as the quality of artifacts produced.
Assignments, such as projects, direct and support students in exploring and deepening their learning. They allow students to realise what they need to know, and help them learn by doing or through just-in-time learning.
Resources for student-centred teaching approaches
Flipped classrooms
- Flipped Classroom Model: Why, How, and Overview (YouTube video)
Team-based learning
Case-based learning
Problem-based learning
- Aalborg Centre for Problem-Based Learning in Engineering Science and Sustainability
- Illinois Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning
Use of simulation for learning
Need more information?
For more resources on student-centred teaching, visit this xSiTe (LMS) page.