This week we had to rework one of our existing class lessons and make it more student centered. Student centered learning involves the students teaching each other, and learning though experiences, more than the teacher lecturing from the front of the room. It certainly has some great results, although you do have to think about creative ways to present the lessons. Really abstract concepts are harder to convert, but it can still be done.
Another really interesting part of this lesson was the concept of Authentic Assessments. Rather than test someone's ability to guess the best multiple choice answer, they would apply the skills from the lesson in a real world scenario, or at real as possible. In my case I would like my students to use their knowledge of electronics to pick out the best device in a category from an actual ad. This skill will help them anytime they want to buy a new electronic device, and give them real world skills that they can apply in the future. This si the best demonstration that they have mastered a concept.
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