Child Centered Approach
Child Centered Learning
‘The student knows more than the teacher about what he has learnt – even if he knows less about what was taught.’ (Peter Elbow)
Child Centered Learning
It is also referred as
child centred pedagogy,
child centred education,
child centred teaching,
student centred teaching
or student centre learning.
Child centered learning approach is a philosophy, not a methodology – which is why there are so many different approaches and no two classrooms applying it will look the same.
Child centered learning:
The teacher challenges the children in a safe and respectful manner to develop (together and individually) their own solutions to problems given, thus encouraging cooperation, the development of life skills, their analysing power, their capacity to organise themselves.
From the definition:
The children feel safe, encouraged,
happy and empowered in school, and have more fun; their performances rise significantly and the drop out rates decline even more.
Child centred learning approach is empathically problem and process oriented It focuses on the needs of the students, rather than those of others involved in the educational process, such as teachers and administrators.
Learning theories and theorists
(This approach is influenced):
Lev Vygotsky: Social
Constructivism
(Social learning Process)
John Dewey: Experience and
Education (Learning by doing)
Jerome Bruner: Discovery learning
Howard Gardner: Multiple intelligence Neuroscience:Brain-based education Key Features:
The children learn by themselves
to analyse a problem
to develop strategies
to mobilise resources to solve them
to evaluate the outcomes critically
This way they strongly enhance their life
skill competencies. In other words: they learn how to empower themselves.
Key Features:
Key Features:
This approach creates an environment which
will motivate the children to discover new skills and knowledge.
Teachers are no longer supposed to
‘The student knows more than the teacher about what he has learnt – even if he knows less about what was taught.’ (Peter Elbow)
Child Centered Learning
It is also referred as
child centred pedagogy,
child centred education,
child centred teaching,
student centred teaching
or student centre learning.
Child centered learning approach is a philosophy, not a methodology – which is why there are so many different approaches and no two classrooms applying it will look the same.
Child centered learning:
The teacher challenges the children in a safe and respectful manner to develop (together and individually) their own solutions to problems given, thus encouraging cooperation, the development of life skills, their analysing power, their capacity to organise themselves.
From the definition:
The children feel safe, encouraged,
happy and empowered in school, and have more fun; their performances rise significantly and the drop out rates decline even more.
Child centred learning approach is empathically problem and process oriented It focuses on the needs of the students, rather than those of others involved in the educational process, such as teachers and administrators.
Learning theories and theorists
(This approach is influenced):
Lev Vygotsky: Social
Constructivism
(Social learning Process)
John Dewey: Experience and
Education (Learning by doing)
Jerome Bruner: Discovery learning
Howard Gardner: Multiple intelligence Neuroscience:Brain-based education Key Features:
The children learn by themselves
to analyse a problem
to develop strategies
to mobilise resources to solve them
to evaluate the outcomes critically
This way they strongly enhance their life
skill competencies. In other words: they learn how to empower themselves.
Key Features:
Key Features:
This approach creates an environment which
will motivate the children to discover new skills and knowledge.
Teachers are no longer supposed to