Understanding

Learner-Centered
Teaching

by teacher rhiz
November 25, 2023
Understanding Learner-Centered Teaching

What does learner-centered

teaching mean?

Objective:
Demonstrate knowledge and
understanding of learner-centered
teaching
Understanding Learner-Centered Teaching

Teaching is an interactive process.

Teacher – acts as the learning facilitator.

• provides the learners with varied opportunities to
enhance their knowledge, skills, and attitudes
while emphasizing 21st century skills.
Learner – an active participant in the
teaching-learning process.
Understanding Learner-Centered Teaching

21st Century Skills

• Collaboration
• Communication
• Critical thinking & problem-solving
• Creative thinking & innovation
Understanding Learner-Centered Teaching

Learner-centered teaching can be

summed up in:

I – Interactive, Innovative, Interdisciplinary

C – Collaborative, Contextualized
A – Active, Authentic
R – Responsive, Relevant
E – Exploratory, Experiential
D – Developmentally Appropriate
Understanding Learner-Centered Teaching

As learning facilitators, teachers must

creatively plan varied interactive learning activities
in the classroom.

These activities should be in the context of the learner’s

developmental stages, needs, skills, abilities, interests,
feelings, cultures, lives, and experiences.

As a result, learners will become active

participants in the classroom who can apply
what they have learned to solve real problems.
Understanding Learner-Centered Teaching

Develop
1. What is learner-centered teaching?
2. What definition can you give to define
learner-centered teaching? Explain your
answer.
Understanding Learner-Centered Teaching

Apply
1. Why should you be an advocate of learner-centered
teaching?
2. When you become a teacher, would you consider
learner-centered teaching? Why?
3. Down the Memory Lane. Try to remember how your
preschool to college teachers taught you. Did your
teachers utilize learner-centered teaching and learning?
Why?
Understanding Learner-Centered Teaching

Reflect
How important is it for a future
teacher to acquire a deep
understanding of learner-centered
teaching?
by teacher rhiz
November 25, 2023