Study Guide in Prof.Ed.

105-Facilitating Learner Centered-Teaching Module 5: Unit 5-- Integration

Module No. 5

Unit 5- Integration

MODULE OVERVIEW

Learner-centered psychological principles are widely shared and implicitly recognized in

many good programs found in today’s schools and are consistent with more than a century of study
on teaching and learning. They also combine research and practice in developmental, educational,
experimental, social, clinical, organizational, community, and school psychology, among other
fields. Furthermore, these ideas are based on conventional and scientific knowledge. They include
not only learner-centered ideas that can lead to good schooling, but also principles that can
contribute to positive mental health and productivity in our nation’s children, teachers, and the
systems that support them.
Learner-centered psychological concepts provide a framework for designing and
integrating the elements of new schooling approaches. The active and reflective aspect of learning
and learners is emphasized by these ideas. From this standpoint, educational practice will most
likely improve if the educational system is restructured with the student as the major focus.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

A. Integrate the 14 Learner-Centered Psychological Principles to the concepts previously learned in this course;
B. Cite the importance of learning the 14 Learner-Centered Psychological Principles in Facilitating Learning.

LEARNING CONTENTS

COGNITIVE AND METACOGNITIVE FACTOR

1. Nature of Learning Process

Learning complicated subject matter is most effective when it is a collaborative international

process of generating meaning from information and experience.
2. Goals of the Learning Process

Over time, with assistance and instructional supervision, a successful learner can construct
meaningful, coherent representations of knowledge.
3. Construction of Knowledge
A successful learner may make meaningful connections between new material and previous
knowledge. As students continue to make connections between new information and
experiences and their existing knowledge base, their knowledge expands and deepens.

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4. Strategic Thinking

To attain complicated learning goals, a successful learner can develop and employ a repertoire of
thinking and reasoning skills. In their approach to learning, successful learners use reasoning,
problem solving, and concept learning.
5. Thinking about thinking

Successful learners can examine how they think and learn, set realistic learning or performance
goals, choose possibly appropriate learning tactics or methods, and track their progress toward
these objectives.
6. Context of Learning

Environmental elements, such as culture, technology, and instructional approaches, have an

impact on learning.

MOTIVATIONAL AND AFFECTIVE FACTOR

7. Motivational and emotional influences on learning

The learner’s rich internal world of thoughts, beliefs, aspirations, and expectations for success or
failure can either improve or hinder his or her ability to think and process information.
8. Intrinsic motivation to learn

Intrinsic motivation is sparked by tasks that are both unique and challenging, relevant to
personal interests, and allow for personal choice and control.
9. Effects of motivation on effort

Another important predictor of motivation to learn is effort. The acquisition of complicated

knowledge and abilities necessitates a significant amount of energy and purposeful effort on the
part of the learner, as well as tenacity throughout time.

DEVELOPMENTAL AND SOCIAL FACTOR

10. Developmental influences on learning

Learning is most effective when differences in development are considered within and across the
physical, intellectual, emotional, and social domains. Individuals learn best when material is
tailored to their developmental stage and delivered in a fun and engaging manner.
11. Social influences on learning

When a learner gets the opportunity to communicate and work with others on instructional
assignments, their learning is boosted.

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INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES FACTOR

12. Individual differences in learning

Individuals are born with their own traits and talents, which they develop over time. Educators
must assist students in examining their learning preferences and, if required, expanding or
modifying them.
13. Learning and diversity

All learners share the same core principles of learning, motivation, and effective instruction.

14. Standards and assessment

At every level of the learning process, assessment gives crucial information to both the learner
and the teacher.

LEARNING POINTS

The learner and the learning process are addressed by the 14 psychological principles.
Rather than conditioned habits or physiological causes, they concentrate on psychological
elements that are essentially internal to and under the control of the learner. The principles, on
the other hand, attempt to take into account the external environment or contextual elements
that interact with these internal components. The concepts are designed to deal with learners
holistically in real-world learning contexts. As a result, they're best comprehended as a collection
of principles; no one premise should be considered in isolation. The 14 principles are organized
into four categories that influence learners and learning: cognitive and metacognitive,
motivational and affective, developmental and social, and individual differences. Finally, the
principles are designed to apply to all learners in our educational system, including children,
teachers, administrators, parents, and community members.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Accomplish the following: (45 pts.)

1. Device a mnemonic to easily remember the 14 Learner-Centered Psychological Principles. (10 pts.)
2. Integrate the 14 Learner-Centered Psychological Principles to the concepts previously learned in this course by
citing examples under each. (28 pts.)
3. Cite the importance of learning the 14 Learner-Centered Psychological Principles in Facilitating Learning. (7 pts.)

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REFERENCE

APA Work Group of the Board of Educational Affairs (1997, November). Learner-centered
psychological principles: A framework for school reform and redesign. Washington, D.C.:
American Psychological Association.

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