Exploring student centered learning and its effect on the self-efficacy of students

• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20281426

With the advent of technology and the move away from a manufacturing economy, there is currently a paradigm shift occurring in the expectations for graduates entering the workforce in the United States. Todays workers are expected to be fluent in 21st century skills and will most likely transition between various jobs throughout their working career. However, most schools are still educating students in a way that was developed for the industrial economy of decades ago. In addition to not providing adequate preparation teacher perception, a key indicator for student engagement and success, can be negatively affected by the structure of todays schools. One pedagogy, Student Centered Learning (SCL), has been used by some schools to help combat these issues.