Welcome to your hub for mastering Learner-Centered Teaching (LCT), a pedagogical approach that shifts the focus from the instructor to the student. These resources are designed for educators, facilitators, and researchers ready to create more engaging, effective, and equitable learning environments.
The resources below provide practical tools and theoretical foundations to help you actively involve learners in their own educational process. You’ll find guides on designing learner-driven curricula, fostering critical thinking, assessing for deeper understanding, and building strong educational communities. Use these materials to confidently transition your practice and empower your students to take ownership of their success.
This simple Know, Wonder, Learn (K-W-L) activity is a quick and effective way to introduce students to the principles of Learner-Centered Teaching (LCT). It encourages students to immediately engage as active participants in the learning process.
Before the introductory lesson on LCT, students complete the Know (prior knowledge about good learning) and Wonder (questions about student-focused teaching) columns. This activates existing schema and helps them set personal learning goals. After the lesson, they complete the Learn column by listing the most important or surprising LCT concepts they discovered. This promotes reflection and shifts their mindset toward taking ownership of their education. The activity serves as a foundational exercise for all LCT modules.