Learning : Student-Centred vs Teacher-Centred

Ed Boyapati

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.17, No.3, 365-367, May, 2000

DOI10.1007/BF02699054 Export Citation

Learning : Student-Centred vs Teacher-Centred

Ed Boyapati^†

Faculty of Engineering, RMIT, 124 Latrobe Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia

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The paper differentiates student centred learning from teacher centred learning, identifies the continuum of factors which contributes to these and provides a self evaluation questionnaire to enable one to judge extent to which one is ''teacher-centred'' or ''student-centred'' in their approach to student learning.

Keywords:Student Centred Learning;Engineering Education

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[1] Dowell DA, Neal JA, J. Higher Education, 53(1), 51 (1982)

[2] Eley M, Thomson M, "A System for Student Evaluation of Teaching," Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra (1993)

[3] Feldman KA, Res. Higher Education, 30(2), 137 (1989)

[4] Hart J, Driver J, Teaching Psychology, 5, 198 (1978)

[5] Lally M, Myhill M, "Teaching Quality," Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra (1994)

[6] Wankat PC, Oreovicz FS, "Teaching Engineering," McGraw-Hill, NY, 244 (1993)