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| Every child should experience "serendipity"; the search for one thing but, you find another., Jack Prelutsky, Poet |
| STUDENT-DIRECTED TEACHING |
Student-Directed Teaching is when the student chooses how they learn. They decide how they want to go about finding the answers; ask another student, look in a book, go on the computer, ask a teacher, etc. In showing their work they can write a report, create a picture, do a skit, write a poem, film a video project, etc.
The students are guided towards what they are expected to know but the students get to choose how they find the knowledge. They choose how they learn and how they show their work. The teacher becomes a resource rather then a manager.
In student-directed teaching the students make chooses about how they learn best, the teachers role is to hold them accountable for those choices. The choice is never not to work, the choice is how do you want to work.
The result is a less stressful environment for students and teachers. The students have a variety of ways to show their work and engage further into their studies. Each student is aware of the class schedule and understands exactly what they must accomplish before the class even begins.
Students working under Student-Directed Teaching are given the opportunity to learn how they learn best. Students can choose the learning style which enables them to have success in their learning; whether that be learning from the teacher, listening to the teaching and choosing an assignment, working on their own, keeping up with a partner or creating a contract to complete the required work.
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