Teacher planning activities based on students´ interests is a great way to increase motivation and engagement.
Idea of Genius Hour during which students would work on personal projects.
Student-centered project based learning allows students to research, plan, build, write and create.
Destination Imagination is a good model for student led learning.
Self-directed learning can be challenging in terms of both the curriculum and the status quo, and it takes longer to complete, thus compromising covering the whole curriculum.
Units, projects, one learning period each day, can be ways in which to infuse student centered learning activities at the school.
There are a number of student centered learning activities at DWKS, such as drama, outdoor education, physical education, etc. This also includes Friday morning advisory challenges at the high school.
Student centered learning requires the acquisition of skills and learning that are sometimes prerequisites for learning to happen, as in, for example, proficiency in a foreign language.