We all notice the huge and fast improvement in the Education field. And because of this fast improvement new educational terms were born such as flexible learning, self-directed learning, experimental learning and much more.
All of these terms are linked directly to one major term which is Student-center learning, that type of learning moves the teacher from the center of learning which has so many disadvantages because the teacher presents the book's information and then assess the student on the book's material only, without any chance for students to think, try to search in other resources and link what they learn in school with their real lives.
Student-Center learning focus on student themselves and their individual differences which gives the chance for creativity, sharing resources and let the students know why and what they should learn. Students are learning by doing something, thinking, observing recording and discovering.
Personally, I prefer to apply student-center learning in my lessons because its moves me as a teacher from just a presenter to a facilitator and motivator, it focus more on the students needs and their capabilities and opens the students mind to think and link what they are studying the their lives.
My role as a teacher is teaching the student how to learn, share resources and make sure that they are competent in my subject by evaluating them and getting the feedback to improve my teaching skills, but I can see that sometimes (not always), using Teacher-Center learning (or mixing between two strategies) will be better for students in special lesson when the students were not the center of learning from their primary levels and they are afraid of changing they way they used to learn.
