International Journal of Learning and Teaching

Yazarlar: Giti Karimkhanlouei

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Özet: While learner centered language teaching has been advocated in higher education in recent years, teacher centered pedagogical styles seem to be predominant in many instructional settings. The premise is that all teachers must be equipped with deep knowledge of pedagogical improvements and take advantage of these instructional innovations for the betterment of their pedagogies.The present study investigates the preference of the instructors for teaching in traditional vs. learner centered styles of teaching at Zanjan medical university. A questionnaire was used to find out the teachers’ preferences for either of these styles. The subjects of this study consisted of 30 faculty members of zanjan medical university teaching at different faculties in different fields of study. Results indicated that most instructors (90%) still use traditional / teacher centered approaches in our university setting despite the call for a shift to learner centered approaches.This study pointed out that the instructors needed more facilities and more fundamental knowledge of learner-centered approaches in order to apply this mode of instruction in their process of teaching.

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