Student centered learning in interdisciplinary honours education: responsibility, assessment and the room for learning from mistakes

Description

Student centered learning is a challenge for teachers. To truly leave the responsibility for the learning activity to the student is a switch in mindset. It means a switch from delivering knowledge to creating fruitful conditions for learning. This poster will present the outcomes of interviews with students of two honours courses (Labyrint (UvA) and Big History (UU)). In these courses students were encouraged to take the lead in their own learning by giving them full responsibility for certain lectures and assignments, by encouraging peer review and independent group work. To create conditions for optimal risk taking and learning without fear of mistakes, experiments with alternative grading were conducted. Students report that these conditions freed them of the formal and often restricting ties of the academic learning they are used to, and inspired them to go beyond the normal learning boundaries. They also report higher levels of motivation and the desire to engage in this type of learning more often.

Period	22 Jan 2019
Event title	National Interdisciplinary Education Conference
Event type	Conference
Location	Utrecht, NetherlandsShow on map
Degree of Recognition	National