Creating a school to facilitate the learning tailored to the student needs
Rakesh Patel
To develop a school that is student-oriented, involve students in taking decisions on teaching methodology, content and structure of classroom. Involve students in deciding the structure, methodology and content of learning; Involve students in taking decisions such as: What to get to school? Where to keep different things in class? Where to create new items? Which books to read and when?; Let students discuss and arrive at these decisions in groups; Shift from being subject-oriented to student-oriented; Build positive relationships with parent and enable students to learn from them as well; Build higher- order skills through extra-curricular activities such as singing, drawing, dancing; Ask students for feedback on their learning experience and based on that, make relevant changes in the teaching methodology; Share information and progress of this learning style with other schools through a blog and Facebook group. A student-oriented school lets students take ownership of their learning and this builds up crucial decision-making and collaboration skills, along with instilling a sense of self-motivation in the students.