Designing a Student-Centered Learning EnvironmentPosted on February 20, 2015 by Cari CrumlyDesigning a student-centered classroom should be built on autonomy. It does not include or involve traditional teaching practices; rather, it is based on collaboration, project- and problem-based learning with integrated technology to allow open discussion, conversation, and debate between students. By examining how to set up the environment for successful practice of student-centered learning, invest in critical ways of appropriating teaching methods and approaches….
Teaching Theatre Acting: A Case for Student-Centered LearningPosted on November 7, 2014 by Cari Crumly<b>Teaching Theatre Acting: A Case for Student-Centered Learning</b>In the first blog, I gave you a peek into the Seminarium Elements book, <i>Pedagogy and Student-Centered Learning: Designing the right environment </i>and shared a little about the first two chapters highlighting the differences between student-and teacher-centered learning and investigating a variety of pedagogies that can and are used in the classroom. I introduced the use of theatre and creative pedagogies as highly effective methods for fostering a student-centered teaching and learning environment. Current teaching trends are seeing a rise in arts-based educational approaches, which hold promising applications to virtually all subjects. This is because the creative process is intrinsically <i>student-centered</i> and engages students in a way that fosters and develops “soft skills” necessary for every career path.