1. It All Begins With a Song

2. F L O W Mihly Cskszentmihlyi, Flow: The Optimal Experience 3. In the Flow Drawing Exercise: Draw a time when you were highly engaged as a learner, and still remember to this day. What did it look like? What did it sound like? 4. Learner Centeredness does not just take place in Kindergarten Classes; It is a mindset as to how we approach teaching and learning for ALL LEARNERS 5. A few personal caveats about learner-centeredness It is not about lowering expectations for students It is not about eliminating all learning tasks thatstudents dislike doing (e.g. exams) It is not about less accountability for students It is not about being accessible to students 24/7 It is not about avoiding risk/failure while learning ..but it is about being responsive to the learners needs, involving them in course/classroom decisions, using research-proven practices to design powerful learning experiences, and making decisions that are made in the bests interests of our students. 6. Symbols, Models and Frameworks of learning and education Compare and Contrast Finish the sentence:Colleges/Universities/Schools are like _______________________ because ________________________________________________ Learning is like _______________________because ___________ _______________________________________________________ A symbol of learning/education today is ____________________ because________________________________________________ How would our students complete this exercise? 7. Retrieved from What did you do in school today?, Canadian Education Association, 2009 Grade 9 -12 studentsWhat happens here?What happens here? 8. Inspiring Education: The Solution 9. History of Canadian Education At what times have we been most Learner Centered 10. Me in grade 2 11. Me in grade 4 12. Me in grade 6 13. Our Students Have ChangedAt risk students are those who leave school before or after graduation with little possibility of continuing learning ***Roland Barth 14. TEAMS: Together Everyone Achieves More Success 15. Curriculum in the Language Artsth 20MathematicsMusicSocial Studies Art Science Phys-ed and HealthThe Old ModelCentury 16. Curriculum in the 21st Century The New ModelCollaboration and LeadershipCritical Thinking, Proble m Solving and Decision MakingLifelong Learning, Personal Management and Well-Being Creativity and InnovationDigital and Technological FluencyCommunicationSocial, Cultural, G lobal and Environmental Responsibility 17. Project-based Learning Problem-based Learning Self-directed LearningInquiry Learning Service Learning Differentiated Learning 18. Constructivism requires us to give up control and share it with the students. How do we do this? 19. TateS I D E SMarzano BennettStrategic Instructional Design to Engage StudentsFLOW = EngagementSilver 20. 20 Instructional Strategies To Engage the Learner Graphic Organizers Writing and Reflection Brainstorming Field Trips Debates Visuals Movement Humor and Celebration Music, Rhythm, Rhyme & Rap Cooperative LearningProblem Based Learning Role play/Drama/Charades Summarizing and Note-making Technology Visualization Games Storytelling Manipulatives/Models Mnemonic Devices Drawing and ArtworkBy Marcia Tate 21. Interview Skills for Education Students35 22. Turn and Talk for Two What is role of my students? What is my role as an teacher? Which instructional strategies will help my students direct/control their own meanings and their own learning? How will I assess this constructed learning (tests, projects, service learning, presentations, final exams) How else can I give control/ownership to students in my courses? How can I empower them? How can I capture their voice? What are the challenges in giving up control? How am I a Learner-Centered teacher? How am I NOT a Learner-Centered teacher? 23. Are we teachers? Determining the learning destination Creating questions that foster inquiry Designing units, backwards Determining assessment evidence Recognizing the benefits of performance criteriaor are we designers? Architects of instruction? Facilitators of learning? 24. Which song are you singing? An Old and Familiar Tune Or a A New SongIs it time to change our tune? If so, why? Learner-Centered education isNOT a new concept 25. End of the Line/Buzzin By The Young Fellas 26. True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their own. -Nikos Kazantzakis 27. Resources: 21st Century Skills by Bernie Trilling & Charles Fader Better Learning Through Structured Teaching by Douglas Fisher & Nancy Frey Beyond Monet by Barrie Bennett & Carol Rolheiser Classroom Instruction That Works by Robert Marzano, Debra Pickering, and Jane Pollock Never Work Harder Than Your Students by Robyn Jackson Sit and Get Wont Grow Dendrites: Professional Learning Strategies to Engage the Adult Brain by Marcia Tate The Strategic Teacher by Harvey Silver, Richard Strong, & Matthew Perini