Student centered learning: are our students and lecturers ready to embrace this approach?

Abstract

Student Centered Learning, a prominent term in educational arena in Europe and the West is gaining popularity in Asia including Sri Lanka, especially in the higher education sector. Even though a lot of discussions, workshops and training programmes are conducted through several projects on this concept, there is no evidence for it being adopted by higher education sector in Sri Lanka. Nor are there any evaluations of the outcomes of the approach, where the Student Centred Learning is practised at a smaller scale. This paper arises at the backdrop of such a scenario to identify if Student Centred Learning is practised in a Sri Lankan University called South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, and its perceived benefits and constraints at the university.