If the nation wants to progress and develop, the support of Student-Centered learning is to have with. Schools here in Philippines already adopted SCL as an Instruction.
Lets take a look with he traditional classroom, a teacher can discipline and manage his students. The teacher in that has always the first and final say in the classroom. But the ...hmmmm.... shall we say the bad one is that the students seems to be stagnant on their chairs, meaning they are just mostly sitting on their chairs and are unable to play with the different environment that makes their learning lively and meaningfully for they are the ones who makes movement for their own learning. Students sometimes feel always the voice of the teacher who echoes most of the times and leads the discussion. Teacher's whole mouth covers the whole classroom.
While on the other hand, the SCL environment, it gives students the stage to interact with each other, be motivated as everyone can participate and enjoy. Noisy it is, but it gives the students' independence and self-awareness.
It doesn't mean hat the latter one, will replace the teacher's role in handling the classroom management. It is that the teacher is always knowledgeable than the students, but he do not anymore covers the whole classroom with his mouth alone but he is now a facilitator, A facilitator who is more after of students' voices to be heard by everybody.
SCL should be on the teachers' hand
Saturday, September 3, 2011
COMPUTER AS A TEACHER'S TOOL
There has been a drastic raining of innovative technology in today's generation. Anywhere you turn your heads computers are present. The computer provides man with different uses, gives us advantages and convenience. Computers have been already used in schools to provide facilitate student's learning. And we can visually portrayed that young generations knew about it and how it is being used. With the use of computer, students cam make their academic works, that has an immediate source of information with the use of computer.
And believe it or not, our present civilization is dependent on computers. it is really advantageous but when it talks about its opposite , the disadvantageous one, well, it's up to the person if he will make himself be drawn with the disadvantages. In most of the angles it is advantageous if used wisely and purposely.
Japan, China, Korea and other countries already made use of the computer as a teacher. Just imagine that one can study anywhere in the world without going to schools and be seated inside the classroom. A teacher can already facilitate his own learning through computer as it is said that CAI is an Individualized learning.
And believe it or not, our present civilization is dependent on computers. it is really advantageous but when it talks about its opposite , the disadvantageous one, well, it's up to the person if he will make himself be drawn with the disadvantages. In most of the angles it is advantageous if used wisely and purposely.
Japan, China, Korea and other countries already made use of the computer as a teacher. Just imagine that one can study anywhere in the world without going to schools and be seated inside the classroom. A teacher can already facilitate his own learning through computer as it is said that CAI is an Individualized learning.
COMPUTER AS A TUTOR
'Teacher as a Tutor'...how about this.....'Computer as Tutor'...Who wins?...
Today, the first line can't without impacting itself to the second one. and so as with the second one, it wouldn't win also without having it crossed against the first line.
Therefore CAI can't replace the Teacher's role. We all know that there are rules that teachers have to do that CAI can't. A computer can't assess and insure if the students have the needed knowledge and skills for it does not have any will and intellect, the teacher can decide the appropriate learning objectives while computer do not Only the teacher who has a different and various strategies, methods and techniques that he applies to hi delivery of the lesson towards his students in which he is letting the student to realize their potentialities because in this way the teacher is feeding the needs and interests of each learner. And computer can't do this.
With CAI, we can only expect lower level learning skills and what is only programmed in the computer will be the only thing a student will learn unlike with a teacher, we can learn more from him/her as we can freely asks questions or can interact with different experiences in life.
CAI is not at all applicable to any learning activities of the students. Drill and practice software materials can be useful if we want excellence in the use of the computer. It's a big help to the teacher but it doesn't reigned over the teacher role. Teachers are still the best and suited way for a student to learn more, computers can only assist.
Today, the first line can't without impacting itself to the second one. and so as with the second one, it wouldn't win also without having it crossed against the first line.
Therefore CAI can't replace the Teacher's role. We all know that there are rules that teachers have to do that CAI can't. A computer can't assess and insure if the students have the needed knowledge and skills for it does not have any will and intellect, the teacher can decide the appropriate learning objectives while computer do not Only the teacher who has a different and various strategies, methods and techniques that he applies to hi delivery of the lesson towards his students in which he is letting the student to realize their potentialities because in this way the teacher is feeding the needs and interests of each learner. And computer can't do this.
With CAI, we can only expect lower level learning skills and what is only programmed in the computer will be the only thing a student will learn unlike with a teacher, we can learn more from him/her as we can freely asks questions or can interact with different experiences in life.
CAI is not at all applicable to any learning activities of the students. Drill and practice software materials can be useful if we want excellence in the use of the computer. It's a big help to the teacher but it doesn't reigned over the teacher role. Teachers are still the best and suited way for a student to learn more, computers can only assist.
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