Child-centred education places the child first, an approach with the message that all children have the right to an education that helps them grow to their fullest potential. It also focuses on the child’s well-being in all areas. This has increasingly made it popular among parent.
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Child-centred learning is focused on the student’s needs, abilities, interests, and learning styles with the teacher as a facilitator of learning. This classroom teaching method acknowledges student voice as central to the learning experience for every learner. Teacher-centred learning has the teacher at its centre in an active role and students in a passive, receptive role. Child-centred learning requires students to be active, responsible participants in their own learning.
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To implement a child-centred learning environment, attention must be given to the following aspects of learning:�• The goal of student activity�• The role of the teacher�• Student’s motivational orientation�• Assessment
• Student interaction�One of the most critical differences between child-centred learning and teacher-centred learning is in assessment.
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Characteristics of Child Centred Education
Freedom
Self activities
Process of spontaneous development
Development of interest and needs
Education based on experience
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Conclusion
Child is the centre of the whole education process. The great philosophers at different times emphasized on it. The role of teacher is like a guide and observer to provide complete freedom to the child to grow naturally. Child-centered Education is the ideal system to manifest the latent talent of the child. In this process education is not an extra venous imposition but natural stimulation for development of the child.