Teaching Methods: 3. Student Centred Learning

Abstract

Physiotherapists are frequently called upon to teach their colleagues and other groups. This article is the third of a monthly series of four on different methods of doing this. It explores various student-centred teaching methods and discusses the uses, advantages and disadvantages of each. Physiotherapists are frequently called upon to teach their colleagues and other groups. This article is the third of a monthly series of four on different methods of doing this. It explores various student-centred teaching methods and discusses the uses, advantages and disadvantages of each. Biography: Sally French qualified as a physiotherapist from the Royal National Institute for the Blind School of Physiotherapy in 1972 and completed her physiotherapy teaching diploma in 1978. While working as a teacher she gained degrees in psychology and sociology and has a particular interest in the application of the behavioural sciences to illness and disability. She is now a lecturer at the North London School of Physiotherapy.