Bringing Learning Outcomes into the Classroom
From Content to Student
    Lisa Brewster
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Student centered learning is not easy, actually it is met with a lot of resistance from faculty and students.  Placed a tremendous amount of responsibility on both.
   Faculty have to create ways to encourage students to participate in collaborative and cooperative learning, tailor each class to the individual students, give up control, and invite discussions, debates, and critical thinking.
   Students have to accept responsibility for their learning,  They have to work hard in class to demonstrate that they have learned but also outside of class to ensure that they are prepared for class.

Knowing this, why do we want student centered learning?  Why is it the most effective form of learning?
   Focusing on the student in learning emphasizes the concept of active learning, which moves students from passive learners to active learners.  As active learners they are expected to do more than just listen, also develop skills, engage in more critical thinking, participate in group projects, and develop, acknowledge, and explore their own attitudes and feelings (Kathleen McKinney, Illinois State)  It also helps keep the faculty members current in their fields of study, their students issues, and the needs of the community which they teach in (Lauren Richlin and Milton Cox, editors of College Teaching).
2 parts to making a student-centered class: planning and then the actual teaching.