Student Centered Learning

We watched a video in class from TED talk where John Hunter was talking about the World Peace Game he created for his grade 4 class. Here is the video:

I think the World Peace Game is a great game for students, as they learn many things and it is more interactive, which they will learn more and understand it better. The World Peace Game includes not only social studies, but all the subjects. Therefore, it is curriculum integration, which I think is good, as it shows students that everything is connected in our world and the world is not spilt into subjects. Building world peace is beyond the curricular outcomes of the K-12 classroom, but I do not think it matters. I think it is great that a teacher is going above and beyond the curriculum. There are curriculum based outcomes in the game, but adding the world peace and war accept makes it interesting and entertaining for the students and it is also educational. I think this game is a great idea, but you can tell that John Hunter has been teaching for a number of years. I think this would be difficult for a new teacher, but this is something a teacher could aspire to do later in their career. When learning is student centered I think it is more memorable for the student. When the student has to learn themselves then they put more effort into their learning. Therefore, they will remember the information more and remember what they did. I think projects are a great way for students to discover outcomes on their own. The teacher is there for guidance, but students are discovering themselves. I remember when I was in grade 5 we had a grade 5 Science Fair. We decided what we wanted to learn about and did it ourselves. We had guidance from our teacher, but we did the work ourselves. I still remember what I did and how it worked. My science fair project was showing how a lemon could conduct electricity. If my teacher showed me how to do that instead of doing it myself then I probably would not remember the project at all. I remember it more, because I did most of it myself and I was proud of myself for doing it.