Child-centered Education

The study from the Köck Private Fundation about Children-centered education gives us a general idea of why learning is intinctive for children and how they learn by playing, by being inquisitive using their own needs and desires and through discovering their own reality.

The article claims that the basic principle of this kind of education is to discover and potenciate the optimal development of a child's personality and education.

5 Principles of Child-centred education:

1. Orientation on the needs of the children.
2. Active self-regulated learning.
3. Well designed learning environment.
4. Social learning as a method and a goal.
5. Broad understanding of performance and ability.
6. Adressing performance assessments in an encouraging manner.
7. Conductive school comunity.

3 Main ideas of the article and why they are important for me:

1. Active self regulated learning: The child-centred education helps the children to develop their personality and competencies and also, his needs and individual requirements from theirselfs.
2. Social learning as a method and a goal: This is goog to learn how to share their ideas and how to learn asking help if needed when  doing an exercise in class.
3. Adressing performance assesment in an encouraging manner: If a kid know why he is doing something wrong and the way to solve it in a positive way he would not be afraid of trying.

5 Key Expression:

1. Capable of enabling independent.
2. Sensitive growth stages.
3. Class advisory board.
4. Development of independent and meaningful strategies instead of mechanic-receptive learning.
5. Judgmental evaluation.

During my years of education as a teacher and pupil, I could not see any child-centred learning. I think it is really a good way to envolve our classrooms and to teach English.