Responsibility for learning
Ed lists 10 ways to encourage students to take responsibility for their learning. Great points but I think I have one more:
11. Moderate, don’t lecture
Seems like a very obvious one, but is actually quite hard to achieve. As a teacher you have to change your role from Mr (or Ms)-Know-It-All to a moderator of learning experiences. This of course needs courage and enormous flexibility on the teachers part. But it will make your classes more interesting as well as more student focussed.
