Improvement of the Teaching Style. From Traditional Teacher-Centered to Student-Centered Teaching Style

Academic Paper from the year 2018 in the subject Didactics - Common Didactics, Educational Objectives, Methods, grade: 1.75, Philippine Normal University, language: English, abstract: This paper deals with the traditional teaching style or authority style (lecture style), new curriculum and the outcomes-based education, and the student-centered teaching style and comparison between the traditional teaching style and student-centered teaching style. The arguments of this paper focuses on the two questions: what is the best teaching style between the two teaching styles? And is there a universal teaching style?

It has been the goal of the Philippine education system to innovate the curriculum into globally competitive structure. Following the implementation of the K to 12 curriculum in 2013, the Department of Education facilitated various of trainings to the teachers. Since the teachers are the most influential factor in curriculum implementation process, the teaching style of the teachers should be updated for better implementation of the program and generate great difference in the learning environment.