STUDENT LED LEARNING IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS, A MODEL OF OWNERSHIP AND EMPOWERMENT
Student led learning paradigm has an important role in the activities accomplished by students in classroom. As educators we want our students to become active and engaged learners, to feel motivated to develop their skills. New learning strategies and didactic methods are important to be used, to determine a high interest in exploring and knowing better the self and the subject. The concept of student led learning is characterised by ownership and empowerment. To do so, there is a stringent need to learn how to apply student led learning principles in primary schools, in order to determine an increased level of involvement in students’ activity.
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