In a child-centered education, learning takes place primarily -

Learner or child-centered approach to education means planning and transacting curriculum in the classroom in a way that allows for flexibility in pace and style of learning to keep in mind that children in a classroom are widely different.

• It, therefore, suggests an approach to teaching different from the existing practice of having a uniform curriculum, uniform learning material and activities, uniform time, and uniform instructional and evaluation strategies for the whole class.

Key Points In child-centered education the learner learns in such ways:

• By exploring their thoughts in a divergent way.
• With the help of peers, they can learn through interaction.
• They can learn by exploration with multiple sources of learning.
• The learner can learn by exploring their knowledge with the help of different sources and methods.
• Children are the center of the classroom, they can learn by their own needs and interest.
• Engagement of the learners in hands-on activities, teamwork, etc.

Thus by all these references, we can conclude that learning in the child-centered classroom should be done through the exploration of the diverse sources of learning.

Hint 

• Learning from textbooks is not the key feature of the child-centered classroom, learners gain their knowledge through activities and hands-on experiences.
• Direct instruction-based learning can not be promoted in the child-centered classroom, learning should be based on exploring different sources.
• Students are the active listener in the child-centered classrooms.