Knowledge
Focused to Teacher focused to learner Focused Learning Environment
“Learning environment is the sum of the internal and
external circumstances and influences surrounding and affecting a person's
learning” Vickers
From ancient times education is playing its pivotal role in
society accordance with its needs. But When there is alteration in society the
other parts do alter. So the transformation and shift in education (Its aims,
its functions etc) is indispensable. Lets discuss from archaic to world of
technology.
1. Knowledge focused learning environment
"He who is possessed of supreme knowledge by
concentration of mind, must have his senses under control, like spirited steeds
controlled by a charioteer." Upanishads
Learning Educational
system through the ages had been prized and pursued not for its own sake, if we
may so put it, but for the sake, and as a part, of religion. (It was sought as
the means of self-realization, as the means to the highest end of life. viz.
Mukti or Emancipation. Ancient Indian education is also to be understood as
being ultimately the outcome of the Indian theory of knowledge as part of the
corresponding scheme of life and values.
It has been molded and shaped in the course of its history
more by religious than by political, or economic, influences. The fundamental
principles of social, political, and economic life were welded into a
comprehensive theory of Knowledge i.e. liberation
Important Features of Knowledge focused learning environment
A – Aims of education
1.
Liberation the ultimate aim
2.
Control of mind
3.
Self Realization
4.
Removal of ignorance
5.
Spiritual Knowledge
6.
Character
Building
B – Curriculum
1.
Religious education
2.
Knowledge of art and literature
C- Methods of Instruction
1.
Meditation
2.
Mythical Method
3.
Discussions
D – Teacher
1.
Nature
2.
Self
3.
Society
2. Teacher
focused learning environment
According to smith “ Teacher
Means
: Knowledge
Teacher Educational
Process Child
Means : Teacher’s Personality
1.
Primary Focus on Teacher
2.
Teaching – a bipolar process
3.
Teacher dominate learning
4.
Knowledge transmitted only through teacher
5.
Students passive role
6.
Aims of education decided by teacher
7.
Focus on Content rather than Students’ level
8.
Teacher centered curriculum
9.
Teacher directs and controls all aspects of
learning
10.
Strict discipline
11.
Imposition on child
12.
Teacher chosen methods of teaching
13.
Text books prescribed by teacher
14.
Learning- A solitary activity
3. Learner Focused Learning Environment
Learning-centered education places the student at the center
of education. It places the
responsibility for learning on the student, while the instructor assumes
responsibility for facilitating the student’s education. Learning-centered education advocates
a student-focused teaching and learning environment. Educators attempt to maximize
student productivity, knowledge acquisition, skills augmentation and
development of personal and professional abilities.
“The perspective that couples a focus on individual learners
(their heredity, experiences, perspectives, backgrounds, talents, interests,
capacities, and needs) with a focus on learning (the best available knowledge.” McCombs
1.
Teacher and student learn together
2.
Teacher’s role to facilitate learning
3.
Initiatives on the part of students
4.
More options and responsibilities for students for
learning
5.
No Longer passive to teacher’s knowledge
6.
Self paced tutorials
7.
Self discipline
8.
Problem Based learning
9.
Shift in teacher’s role
10.
Learning process rather than content
11.
Significant position of learner
12.
Experience based learning
13.
Learner Based Methods of teaching
14.
Varied approaches ( Open Distance E learning)
