What are the three centers of traditional teaching?

The three centers of traditional teaching are classroom center, teaching material center and teacher center.

Herbart in Germany put forward three centers of teaching process, namely "teacher center, teaching material center and classroom center". Herbart pays attention to the knowledge system of the subject and the dominant position of teachers.

In sharp contrast with Herbart's teaching thought, Dewey's teaching process in the United States has three new centers: student center, activity center and experience center. He advocates that teaching should be organized according to students' needs and experience in the teaching process.

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The characteristics of traditional teaching theory are as follows:

(1) The traditional teaching theory is mainly composed of three factors: teachers, teaching contents and students. The main concern is the "teaching" of teachers and the "learning" of students. The teacher's main task is to teach, and the student's main task is to learn to understand. Pay attention to the teaching of teaching materials and ignore the application of teaching methods. Teaching injection. This method is not conducive to the enthusiasm of teachers and students, and it is easy for students to lose interest in learning.

(2) In the relationship between teachers and students, traditional teaching theory holds that teachers are the subject of teaching and students are the object of teaching. Emphasize the supremacy of teachers' authority, and teachers play a leading role in teaching.

As Comenius said: "The teacher's mouth is the source of knowledge, and the stream of knowledge keeps flowing out of the teacher's mouth, while students just have to accept the injection of knowledge like a sink." Students should listen to the teacher's teaching, and their main task is to learn. Its essence is teacher determinism, which ignores students' creativity.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Traditional Teaching Theory