A Detailed Lesson Plan in ED203: Facilitating Learner-Centered

Teaching

I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson, students are able to:
K – Identify the different learner-centered teaching instructional
strategies
A - Composes an essay regarding the importance and benefits of
learner-centered instructional strategies
S – Describes effective instructional strategies that focus on
student engagement and active participation

II. Subject Matter

Topic: Unit 4 – Learner-centered Pedagogy
C. Methods and strategies
2. Learner-centered Instructional Strategies
a. Cooperative learning
b. presentations
c. Panels/experts
d. KWL
e. brainstorming
f. Learner-created media
g. discussion
h. small group
i. case studies
j. case studies
References
 Sudderth, A. (2023, July 18). What is student centered
learning and why is it important? XQ.
https://xqsuperschool.org/teaching-learning/what-is-student-
centered-learning/
 Weimer, M., PhD. (2023). Long-Term benefits of Learner-
Centered instruction. Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching &
Learning. https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-
 and-learning/long-term-benefits-of-learner-centered-
instruction/
 Lynch, M. (2018, September 2). 27 Learner-Centered
Instructional Strategies - The Edvocate. The Edvocate.
https://www.theedadvocate.org/27-learner-centered-
instructional-strategies/

Materials Needed:
o Paper
o Ballpen
o Bond paper

III. Procedure
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity
A. Preliminary Activities
(5 minutes)

1. Prayer
Everyone, please all stand for
a prayer.
Let us put ourselves in the presence of Students all stand, put selves in
God as we all say, in the name of the the presence of God and pray.
father, the son, and the holy spirit,
Amen.

2. Greetings / Classroom
Arrangement
Good morning Class! Good morning ma’am, good
morning classmates, good
morning!
How are you this morning?
We are great!
I am happy that all of you are
Here today.

3. Energizer
Before we start our lesson, let us
stretch our bodies and
refresh our minds through a Zumba
dance. I know everyone is very
familiar with this dance. Everybody
should participate and the student that
won’t participate will dance alone in
front.

(Playing Rotate song)

(The students are dancing)
Good job guys!

Ok, you may now take your seat.

Thank you, ma’am!

(Students are taking their seats)

4. Checking of Attendance
Before we will go further, who is
absent today?
*No one is absent ma’am.
Alright! Good job! You have a perfect
attendance. Class, give yourselves a
round of applause.
(The students are applauding)
I would like to request everyone to
arrange your chairs properly and (Students will arrange their
make sure there are no trashes around chairs and will pick up the
you. trashes.)

5. Recapitulation:
*Now, before we are going to tackle
our new topic, let's do a quick
recapitulation of what we have
discussed on our previous meeting.
Anyone?

*Yes, go ahead.
*Student is raising his/her hand
and give their answers.

We have discussed about the

Methods and Strategies.
Methods and Strategies help
students begin to understand the
process of learning and
Strategies help students to by-
pass their areas of weakness and
to perform at the level at which
they are capable.
The methods are: Active
 Learning Activities, Cooperative
*Very good, you were really listening Learning Activities, Inquiry and
to our previous discussion. Inductive Learning Activities

Thank you ma’am.

B. Development Activity
1. Motivational Activity (3 minutes)

I will divide this class into two

groups.

Group A and Group B.

Each group will be given jumbled

letter. As I say go, everyone should
participate to arrange and figure out
the word. The word should be posted
on the board. The group, who will
win, will get 10 points. (The whole class will participate
to find out the words.)

What is the word that you got? The students answer.

*Learner-Centered

Very good. Thank you! So, when you
hear the word learner-centered, what
idea comes into your mind
Very good. Thank you!
*Learner centered teaching is an
approach that places the learner
at the center of the learning.
This means that the learner or
student is responsible for
learning while the teacher is
responsible for facilitating the
learner.

2. Discussion:
2. Learner-centered Instructional
Strategies.

 Students succeed when what

they’re learning matters to them.
 In student-centered learning,
students’ interest drives
education.
 Student-centered learning gives
students the opportunity to
decide two things: what material
 they learn and how they learn it.
(This concept is also
sometimes referred to as
personalized learning.)
 Support student development
through the use of a variety of
activities and promote critical
thinking by participating in
activities at both individual and
group level.

How can teachers facilitate student-

centered learning? Here are some
learner-centered instructional
strategies:

A. Cooperative learning
 Involves small groups working
together to accomplish a
learning task
Benefits:
 Buildup of student self-
confidence
 Improvement in collaborative
skills of students
 Improvement in student
decision-making skills.
*Student is raising his/her hand
What do you think is the importance and give their answers.
of Cooperative learning? Anyone?

Yes. Go ahead *It builds teamwork and

collaboration
Very good. Thank you.

B. Presentations
 Presentations are learner-
presented assignments.
 Students can do these in groups
or individually.
 Presentation skills help create
innovative ideas when students
come up with creative and
interesting slides to illustrate
their talk.
  The use of presentation aids
makes for a much more
interesting talk, and the creation
of such aids can help develop
students' confidence
Benefits:
 Ignites Creativity
 Boosts Confidence
 Improves Communication Skills

C. Panel/Expert
 Panels are a way to include
many voices on a subject.
Students can write and ask
questions in a Q & A session.
 A panel discussion in the
classroom is a technique to teach
students to work as a group.
 It is also designed to improve
skills of research, logical
organization of ideas as well as
the ability to present these
thoughts clearly and effectively.
 Panel discussion is a great way
to engage students in
meaningful classroom
discussions. A selected group of
4-6 students act as panelists and
the remaining students are the
audience. Students conduct
discussions around a particular
topic but from different
perspectives.

D. KWL (or KWHLAQ)

 KNOW, WHAT, HOW, LEARN,
ACTIONS, QUESTIONS
 KWL, an acronym for Know,
Want-to-know, and learned, is an
effective way to read with
purpose. KWL is easy to apply
and can lead to significant
improvement in your ability to
learn efficiently and to retain
what you have learned.
Benefits:
KWL charts are effective tools for
engaging students in the learning
process, helping them recall
knowledge, and tracking their
learning progress. While they are
often used to help students improve
their reading comprehension, KWL
charts can be applied to any topic or
lesson

E. Brainstorming
 Brainstorming puts the thinker
to work. Present a situation. Ask
learners to creatively think.
 Brainstorming encourages
students to think creatively (out
of the box), encouraging all
students to share their ideas, no
matter how far “out there” they
may seem.
How to use brainstorming in the
classroom?
 Pick a question or problem to
solve.
 Pick a time and place
 Encourage discussion and ideas.
 Set a time limit.
 Write all the ideas down and
organize.
 Get rid of bad ideas.
Benefits:
 Brainstorming allows students to
think critically about ideas and
solutions, form connections, and
share ideas with peers

F. Learner-Created Media
 Learner-created media is a
process where students actively
 participate in producing their
own content using various
media platforms.
 Present an issue and have the
students create a public service
video.
 Using media engages students,
aids student retention of
knowledge, motivates interest in
the subject matter, and illustrates
the relevance of many concepts

G. Discussion
 Present an issue and have the
students talk about it. If they
need additional info, have them
go find it.
 Using discussions as a primary
teaching method allows you to
stimulate critical thinking.
 As you establish a rapport with
your students, you can
demonstrate that you appreciate
their contributions at the same
time that you challenge them to
think more deeply and to
articulate their ideas more
clearly.

H. Small Group
What can a group of people
accomplish? Draw out the best
characteristics of the group. Assign
roles.
 Personalize Instruction: Small
group instruction allows
teachers to work more closely
with each student.
 This type of instruction provides
the opportunity to evaluate
students' learning strengths,
locate gaps in the development
of their reading or math skills
and tailor lessons focused on
specific learning objectives.
I. Case Study
 Use case studies in the
classroom to learn about
complex issues, apply critical
thinking, and explore scenarios.
 A major advantage of teaching
with case studies is that the
students are actively engaged in
figuring out the principles by
abstracting from the examples.
 This develops their skills in:
Problem solving. Analytical
tools, quantitative and/or
qualitative, depending on the
case.

J. Jigsaw
 Break students into groups,
giving each member a different
task. Bring the group back
together and share.
 The Jigsaw Classroom is a
cooperative learning technique
that reduces racial conflict
among school children,
promotes better learning,
improves student motivation,
and increases enjoyment of the
learning experience

Did you understand?

Alright! Since we already discuss and Yes ma’am!

provide the learner-centered
instructional strategies, can someone
recall what are those strategies we
have discussed a while ago?

Yes Mark, go ahead. Mark raising his hand.

The learner centered strategies

we have discussed are:
Cooperative learning,
presentations, panels/experts,
Great! You may sit down. Thank you! KWL, Brainstorming, Learner-
created media, discussion, small
So, why do we need to know about group, case studies and jigsaw.
the different instructional strategies?

Yes, go ahead *Student is raising his/her hand

and give their answers.

Excellent answer. Instructional Instructional Strategies help

strategies also allow teachers to make students begin to understand the
the learning experience more fun and process of learning.
practical.

3. Application: (10 minutes)

Instructions: With your large group,
present a role play incorporating the
instructional learning strategies.
Choose one (1) of the learning
strategies that we have discussed.
Rubrics:
Category (8-10) (6-7) (4-5) (1-2)
Content The content of The content The content The content
the role- of the role- of the role- of role-
playing activity playing playing playing is
us well activity is activity is incoherent,
thought-out, well poorly poorly
comprehensive, developed, executed and planned, and
and engaging thorough, uninteresting. ineffective.
and
entertaining.
Role Participants Participants Participants Participants
fully embraced were able to showed little demonstrated
their role, immerse engagement minimal
demonstrated themselves with their understanding
collaboration, in their roles, lack of of their roles,
and contributed roles and collaboration, which did not
significantly to interact and minimal contribute to
the success of effectively, effort to the success of
the activity. contributing make the the activity.
positively to activity
the activity. successful.
Preservatio Your group did Your group You’re good It seems that
n an excellent obviously to spend your group
job preparing spends time more time used the
and rehearsing preparing preparing of presentation
your role play, for the role the role play. time for
and it shows play, but something
everything some else.
went smoothly. rehearsal
might have
helped
things run
more
smoothly.
Overall Excellent! Your Your Keep Alright! I
impression presentation presentation working! expect much
was is good, Don’t forget better work
entertaining while it was that, through from you next
and fun to watch the process is time.
informative. could have entertaining,
been more you’re also
informative. supposed to
learn
something
from it.
C. Closing Activity
1. Generalization: (5 minutes)
Direction: Use the KWL chart format
in presenting
your generalization.

IV. Evaluation: EXIT SLIP

Instructions: Create a 50 words essay
that answers to the following
questions:
1. What are the benefits of learner-
centered instructional strategies?
2. As a student, is learner centered
instructional strategies
important? Why or why not?
RUBRICS FOR ESSAY/ASSESSMENT
Content 4-5 1-2
Organization The essay The essay has The essay has The essay is
has a clear a clear an difficult to follow
and logical introduction, introduction, and lacks any
introduction, body, and body, and clear structure or
body, and conclusion. conclusion, but organization.
conclusion There may be they may not Ideas are poorly
and easy some minor be clearly developed and
and issues with defined or there may be no
understand. transitions or structured. clear introduction
flow, but the There may be or conclusion.
essay is still some issues
easy to with
understand organization,
such as ideas
that don't seem
to fit together.
Content The essay The essay The essay the essay is
shows shows a good demonstrates unacceptable and
exceptional understandin satisfactory does not show an
knowledge, g of the topic, understanding understanding of
insight and with sound of the topic the topic. The
depth of arguments with arguments may be
analysis. presented. It reasonable nonsensical or not
The may have a arguments. The provided. It does
arguments minor lack of ideas are not address the
presented clarity, but present but prompt and is
are the ideas are they may not incomprehensible.
persuasive, presented in a be clearly
logical and logical and articulated or
well- cohesive organized.
structured. It manner.
addresses
the prompt
completely
and clearly.
originality The essay The essay The essay The essay does
clearly displays some presents a not show any
shows the originality relatively originality and
author's and creativity familiar topic merely repeats
unique in its content. with some common
perspective The writing is originality. knowledge. The
and original coherent and There are some content is weak,
ideas. The logically unique ideas or with no
content is organized, perspectives compelling ideas
engaging with adequate expressed, but or solutions.
and thought- evidence and they may lack
provoking examples to coherence or
and support the fail to address
presenting main the main issue.
new insights argument.
V. Assignment:
Research about other learner-centered
instructional strategies, its uses, and
importance.
 Prepared by:
Chaila Jane P. Sabello
BEED 2

Submitted to:
Mrs. Anna Maneleine B. Caluscusin
ED203 Course Facilitator