Andrade Tania - LCI

a. What is learner centered instruction (LCI)?

It is an approach focused on processes, students’ experiences and opinions. It incorporates students’ skills, decisions and interests.

b. What is the main role of the teacher in LCI?

It is to propose ideas, situations, problems to solve and guide the process to get students interaction.

c. Explain the 4 key principles of student centered learning.

1. Learning is personalized:

It is to know more about students’ background, to create a strong relationship to identify students’ interests, feelings and concerns.

2. Learning is competency-based:

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">It is about knowledge, abilities and values acquired or modified through the process by their own pace.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">3. Learning happens anytime, anywhere:

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This is a generation of students that are more inquisitive, more active and more identified with the use of ICT, that is why they expect updated classes everyday.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">4. Students take ownership:

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">It is including students to make decisions. It is not the time to impose. It is the opportunity to share and make agreements.