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Keeping the focus clearly on learning and teaching, the authors explore the practical issues for managers at the institutional level, within the context of their need to understand and analyze key educational values and principles.
The Management Consequences of Different Models of Teaching and Learning
The Management Consequences of Different Models of Teaching and Learning
Introduction: Three Models of Teaching and Learning
There are many different stances that curriculum managers and teachers may take when organising curricular programmes (see Chapter 2) but these will tend to cluster around three possibilities or ‘ideal types’, referring to three modal relationships between the two pedagogic activities, teaching and learning. They are:
- A teacher- or subject-centred (‘top down’) approach – where a predetermined curriculum is delivered.
- A learner-centred (‘bottom up’ approach) – where the curriculum manager determines or designs the curriculum on the basis of student needs.
- A ‘partnership’ approach which seeks to bind teacher and learners to a common enterprise combining external expectations and individual needs.
Teacher-Centred ...
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