This is a note made on the topic of learner centered teaching methods. It contains three teaching methods. They are Guided discovery, Project and Laboratory method. This ppt is Helpful for those who are studying B.Ed first year students.

1. Learner Centered Teaching
Methods
1. Laboratory method
2. Guided discovery method
3. Project method

2. • Shift the focus of instructions from the teacher
to student.
• Focus on skills and practices that enable life long
learning.
• Learning practices are based on constructivist
learning theory
• Require students to be alive, responsible
participants in their own learning
Characteristics

3. • Emphasizes student’s interests abilities and
learning style.
• Teacher plays the role of a facilitator of learning
for individuals rather than for a class as a whole

4. Laboratory method
• Deepening the understanding that scientific
concepts and applications are closely related to
natural environment.
• Learning by doing.
• Maximum student activity can be achieved.
• Learn to work in co-operation with others.
• They can directly see what is happening.
• Students acquire skills in handling scientific
apparatus, reading scales, drawing diagrams etc.

5. Steps
• Make an observation.
• Ask a question.
• Make a hypothesis.
• Conduct experiments.
• Draw conclusions.
• Report results.

6. Advantages
• Provide various kinds of learning experience
• Individual differences are taken into
consideration
• Students learn to explore on their own.
• Practical skills and proficiency get developed
• Intimate relationship between students and
teacher develop.
• Good habits are developed- independence,
honesty and truthfulness.

7. • Students get sense of achievement.

8. Disadvantages
• Limited applicability.
• Separate equipments and resources are needed.
• Huge funds are needed.
• Increased work load on teachers and students.
• Need well experienced teachers.

9. Guided discovery method
• Pupils are carefully directed down a particular
path to discover patterns.
• They are provided with cues an questions.

10. Steps
• Exploration: Teacher provide divergent
questions and asses the students.
• Invention: Student find meaning and structure
of ideas.
• Discovery: student apply what he learned in new
situations.