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E21S5 Making Your Classroom Student Centered


An effective learning environment is one which centers around the students, not the teacher. This episode explores some ways teachers can create a student centered environment so that learning is maximized. 

0:00 Intro 

3:24 Definition of Student Centered

4:31 Clutter & junk

11:50 Dump Your Desk 

16:08 Say goodbye to sitting in rows

19:30 Guided Choices

22:50 Vary the furniture

28:55 Create Comfortable spaces

32:46 How I implement student choice in my classroom

39:35 Partnerships and group work

48:32 Outro

 References:

ASCD Article

 

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