PrEd 128 - Assessment 1.1

DEPARTMENT OF TEACHER EDUCATION
Visca, Baybay City, Leyte, PHILIPPINES

Telefax: 563-7527
Email: dte@vsu.edu.ph
Website: www.vsu.edu.ph
Name: Carel Kaye P. Gaviola Course & Year/Major: BEED – GE 1st year
Schedule: Tuesday & Thursday 2:30 to 4:00
Assessment 1.1 – My Understanding of Learner-Centered Teaching
Activity 1 Instruction: Using the KWL chart below, write your understanding about Learner-Centered Teaching. Indicate 5 to 10
items for each column.
K What I Know
W What I Want to Know
L What I Learned
 It is an approach to  This teaching paradigm  Learner-centered teaching is

teaching that focuses on aims to make the acquisition a potent tool to help pre-service
Students learning. of knowledge easier for the and practicing teachers
every learner regardless of understand the fundamental
 Learner- centered their own pace when it pedagogical principles, processes,
teaching is not one comes to having the full grasp and practice that are anchored
Specific teaching method. Of the lesson. on learner-centeredness and
Other educational psychologies.
 The learned centered  Learner-centered
Teaching approach towards teaching engages  Learner-centered teaching shift
learning gives students the students in the hard, the focus of activity from the
opportunity to properly Messy work of learning. learners.
Involve or immerse themselves
In a classroom session.  It is teaching that  Learner-centered teaching
motivates and empowers education uses interactive
 This new students by giving them strategies to engage the students
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Educational approach towards some control over learning And develop their abilities.
learning will pave the way for Processes.
none passive learners to  Learner-centered
genuinely include themselves in  Learner-centered teaching empowers the students to
the learning process Teaching encourages take ownership of what
which teacher centered setting students to reflect on they learn by focusing on how
they were not able to do due what they are learning and the knowledge solves a
to the fact that they have a How they are learning. Problem or add values.
unique way in understanding and
Processing new knowledge.  Learner-centered  Learner-centered allows the
pedagogy creates an students to interact with their
 Due to this new environment that speaks to teams through discussion
approach, the growth knowledge The heart of learning. And group activities.
will not stop within the four It encourage students
Corners of the classroom. to deeply engage with the
The acquisition of knowledge material develop a dialogue
Would continue on when And reflect on their progress.
they are already involved in
The real world.
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Activity 2
Instruction: Justify your answer with research citation and give an observable example that commonly happen in the a
classroom setting. (A minimum of 5 sentences and a maximum of 5 paragraphs)
1. Knowing all the basic concepts and foundations on how to facilitate a learner-centered teaching. As future
educator, how would you facilitate a learner-centered teaching?
Answer: Teachers encourage students – centered learning by allowing students to share in decision, believing in their
capacity to lead and remembering how it feels to learn. Effective professionals development caters to what teachers think will
help them become more effective. This also applies to their students.
2. What is the significance and relevance of having a learner-centered approach in teaching? In what way does this
improve the teaching and learning process?
Answer: Learner – centered education uses interactive strategies to engage the students and develop their abilities. This
educational approach helps students develop skills such as decision making and problem solving, team work and
presentation skills that are relevant to the current labor needs. Facilitated learning is where the students are encouraged to
take more control of their learning process. The trainer’s role becomes that of a facilitator and organizer providing resources
and support to learners. They might also set their own objectives and be responsible for learning assessment.

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DEPARTMENT OF TEACHER EDUCATION

Visca, Baybay City, Leyte, PHILIPPINES

Assessment 1.1 – My Understanding of Learner-Centered Teaching

 It is an approach to  This teaching paradigm  Learner-centered teaching is

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