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Education is facing a lot of changes from practically all fronts. I, for one, am advocating radical changes in the way education is being provided. To me, it should be “learner-centric”, but, unfortunately, there are still a lot of teachers out there who believe otherwise.

One of the blogs I enjoy reading is Open Education. The latest entry, “21st Century Schools – Pedagogy Must Give Way to Andragogy“, just introduced me to Marcia L. Conner, who also happens to believe that education should be learner-centric. 

“To succeed, we must unlearn our teacher-reliance. We must take it upon ourselves to meet our learning needs and demand training providers do the same. To know our demands, we must know how we process information.” – Marcia L. Conner

Students must also know what they should demand from their teachers, if and when given a chance, of course. If I may say, I think the laws of demand-and-supply applies here as well. If students demand a learner-centric education, teachers must supply it, right?

Clearly, to ensure that educators meet the needs of the 21st century learner, teachers must realize that traditional pedagogy, while once the norm, was never as effective as it was made out to be. To properly implement technology in the classroom setting educators must begin to use an adrogogical approach with learners of all ages.

Now this is a tall order for the Colleges of Education out there and other teacher training schools. I am wondering which one takes on this challenge first.