Challenge In Implementing Student Centered Strategies When Teaching Primary School Social Studies: Teachers Perpective

The purpose of this research is to examine the implementation of learner-centered strategies in social science lessons. Teachers face challenges in implementing learner-centered strategies in the learning process. Teachers lack knowledge, understanding, and experience about learner-centered strategies and teacher' teaching strategies continue to use traditional teaching methods dominated by teachers centred on the learning process. The research results showed that it is necessary to promote integral and professional training for teachers on student-centered strategies to changes to the modern learning process, offering maximum learning opportunities for students to actively participate in learning activities in social science lessons. The effectiveness of implementing learner-centred strategy as a learning paradigm that promotes learning effectiveness to be creative, active, attractive and innovative to develop students' critical and creative knowledge and understanding of learning in social science lessons. The implementation of the student-centred strategy provides good quality learning for students and also offers a favourable democratic and independent learning atmosphere.