Monday, May 17, 2021

Child Centred Education / Progressive Education

 Child Centred Education 

child centred education is also called as progressive education.

 It is defined as an educational movement, which places more value on experience than formal learning.

 It is more based on learning from experience and focuses on developing children's talents.


Who Supported child centered education? 

1)John Dewey

2)Jean Piaget 

3)Lev Vygotsky 

4)Jean-Jacques Rousseau

5)Rabindranath Tagore 
 
Shantiniketan which is a small town near Bolpur in the Birbhum district of West Bengal.He Said the emphasis on textbook education has diminished the use of  various natural resources for learning. The focus here was not on competitiveness, but on promoting personal motivation, discipline and intellectual curiosity.Several educators suggested that education should be a process of self-discovery. The child must know these concepts in some way so that he can develop them.


How child centred classroom is different from teacher centred classrom?

1)Teachers are flexible, prioritizing their child's interests, and  involve students in the learning process. In fact, in some case students work hard and  They develop knowledge .

2) the teacher a facilitator instead of an instructor.

3) In child-centered classes teachers promote collaboration in learning.

4)  teachers encourage students to reflect.

 Progressive education is all about student needs, including training the students to be good citizens.

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