Principles of Learning Lecture

Principles of
Teaching and
Learning
June 29, 2021

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this module, the students must be
able to:
a. discuss the principles of learning;
b. appraise the implications of these
principles in the teaching-learning process
(TLP); and
c. identify the different laws of learning and
its significance to the learning process.
What is Principle?
The term principle has been
adopted from the Latin word
princeps which means the beginning
or the end of all things. The early
Greeks used the term principles not
only to express the origin of things but
also to express their fundamental laws
and to bring out the ultimate
objectives.
According to Webster, a guide to make
teaching and learning productive. They are
the fundamentals through which we proceed
from one situation to another.
Principles are important for the governing

of actions and the operation of techniques in
any field of education.
For the individual, a principle, when

understood and accepted, serves in
important ways to guide his reflective thinking
and his choice of activities or actions.
In the filed of education, an
accepted principle becomes part of
one’s philosophy which serves to
determine and evaluate his
educational aims, activities,
practices, and outcomes,
How Principles of Teaching Derived?
a. Through the pooling of opinions of experts;

b. Through comparative studies of the
teaching performance of capable and
incapable teachers;
c. Through experimental studies of teaching
and learning in the classroom;
d. from the results of experiments; and
e. from critically analyzed experience or from
systematic investigations.
Types of Teaching Principles
1. Starting Principles -These involve the
nature of the learner and his
psychological and physiological
endowments which make education
possible.
2. Guiding Principles -These refer to the
procedure methods of instruction or
agglomeration of techniques by which
the learner and the teacher may work
together towards the accomplishment of
the goals or objectives of education.
3. Ending Principle -These refers to the
educational aims, objectives, outcomes,
purposes, or results of the whole educational
scheme to which teaching and learning are
directed.
Principles of Learning
Pine and Horne (1990)
Focus Questions:
1. What are 2. What are the
the implications of
principles these principles
of of learning to
learning? teaching?
• What is meant by
LEARNING?
• HOW and WHEN CAN

WE SAY THAT
SOMEONE has
LEARNED?
“The ability to learn is
the most significant
activity of man.”
What is meant by learning?
It is the acquisition of a

knowledge-base used with
fluency to make sense of
the world, solve problems
and make decisions.
Learning Output 3
• Complete the flow chart (as
presented in Diagram 1) of a
learning principle by
answering the guide
questions.
Principle of Learning:
________________________________
What does this mean?
Based on the given principle:

How does the teacher conform on this? How
about the learners and the school administrator?
As a future educator, how will you respond to this

learning principle?
Diagram 1
“IF YOU ARE NOT willing to
learn, no one can help you.
If you are willing to learn,

no one can stop you’’.
-th?NK
How much learning will take place depends
ultimately on the learner. Whether he/she
develops his potentials as a genius to the fullest is
ultimately up to him/her. It is his/her free choice.
PRINCIPLES of LEARNING
From Horne and Pine (1990)
• The principles of learning provide additional insight

into what makes people learn most effectively. The
principles have been discovered, tested, and used in
practical situations.
• By knowing some principles on how learning takes

place, we will be guided on how to teach.
1. LEARNING IS AN EXPERIENCE WHICH
OCCURS INSIDE THE LEARNER AND IS
ACTIVATED BY THE LEARNER.
NO ONE DIRECTLY TEACHES ANYONE
ANYTHING of SIGNIFICANCE…
‘’People LEARN
what they WANT
to LEARN,
they SEE what
they WANT to
SEE,
and HEAR what
they WANT to
HEAR’’.
2. LEARNING IS THE DISCOVERY OF THE
PERSONAL MEANING AND RELEVANCE OF
IDEAS.
3. LEARNING (BEHAVIORAL CHANGE) is a consequence of
experience.
People become
responsible when they
have really assumed
responsibility, they
become independent
when they have
experienced independent
behavior, they become
able when they have
experienced success, they
begin to feel important
when they are important
to somebody, they feel
like someone likes them.
4. LEARNING is a cooperative and collaborative
process. Cooperation fosters learning.
5. LEARNING IS AN EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS.
6. LEARNING IS SOMETIMES
a PAINFUL PROCESS
7. One of the richest
resources of learning is the
learner himself.
8. THE PROCESS OF LEARNING IS
EMOTIONAL AS WELL AS INTELLECTUAL.
9. The process of problem-solving
and learning are highly unique and
individual.
‘’LEARNING without
thought is a snare, thought
without learning is a
danger’’
Laws of learning
By Thorndike (1932)
LAW OF EFFECT
• Learning is strengthened when accompanied by
a pleasant or satisfying feeling.
• Learning is weakened when associated with an
unpleasant feeling.
• Learning takes place properly when it results in
satisfaction and the learner derives pleasure out
of it.
LAW OF EXERCISE
• Things most often repeated are best

remembered.
• Students do not learn complex tasks
in a singles session.
LAW OF READINESS
• Individuals learn best when they are
physically, mentally and emotionally
ready to learn, and they do not learn
well if they see no reason for learning
LAW OF PRIMACY
• Things learned first create a strong

impression.
• “What is TAUGHT must be RIGHT the FIRST
TIME’’.
To know the importance of “Teaching what is

Right in the very beginning”
LAW OF RECENCY
• Things most recently learned

are best remembered.
LAW OF INTENSITY
• The more intense the material

taught, the more it is likely
learned.
LAW OF FREEDOM
• Thing freely learned are best

learned.
• The greater the freedom enjoyed by
the students in the class, the greater
the intellectual and moral
advancement enjoyed by them.
‘’ANYONE WHO dares to
teach, must never cease to
learn’’
~th?NK
Thank you for your active listening.
God bless us all! ☺
Reference book: Principles of
Teaching 1 by Brenda Corpuz
Source of material: Allain

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Principles of

June 29, 2021

Principles are important for the governing

For the individual, a principle, when

a. Through the pooling of opinions of experts;

• HOW and WHEN CAN

It is the acquisition of a

What does this mean?

Based on the given principle:

As a future educator, how will you respond to this

If you are willing to learn,

• The principles of learning provide additional insight

• By knowing some principles on how learning takes

• Things most often repeated are best

• Things learned first create a strong

To know the importance of “Teaching what is

• Things most recently learned

• The more intense the material

• Thing freely learned are best

Source of material: Allain

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