Learner Centered Curriculum Activity 16 1 Identify the

Learner- Centered Curriculum

Activity 16 1. Identify the schools that use a leaner-centered curriculum? ü ü Laguna State Polytechnic University; STI; AMA; PGMNHS and etc.

Activity 16 2. Observe how students learn in a learner-centered curriculum. In a learner-centered curriculum, students are the focus and play as the center role wherein they actively engaged in their learning process in as collaborative nature along with their peers and under the guidance of the teacher.

In this curriculum, the teacher acts as the facilitator of the students’ way of learning. Students in learner-centered curriculum, learn by doing, engaging and interacting. The teacher takes a back seat and lets the students to come out with new ideas by exploring new aspects of their learning.

Activity 16 3. Identify the benefits of having a learnercentered curriculum. o A stronger bond between teaching and curriculum o Greater emphasis on the student’s needs, an aspect which could be helpful to students o The research on teaching can concentrate on more relevant issues

o A more realistic description of the role of teachers who have always been and will always be curriculum, developers o The development of instruments which help teachers to do their jobs more efficiently o A stronger demand on universities to define their requirements thoroughly

Activity 16 4. Analyze an example of a learner-centered curriculum by answering the following questions: What skills, knowledge, and values are emphasized in the curriculum? o Based on the constructivist theory, that emphasizes the learner’s critical role in constructing meaning from new information and prior experience.

o Students as active participants learn and foster transferable skills such as problem solving, critical thinking and reflective thinking o Develops thinking skills - problem solving teaches students on a given situation or phenomenon -learn to make connections and associations by relating subject matter to real life

- learns to support evidences and logical arguments -comparing and contrasting alternatives ideas and contexts o Develops communication and social skills o Encourages alternative methods of assessment o Helps students transfer skills to the real world o Promotes intrinsic motivation to learn

Activity 16 What learning experience are provided? Student-centered classroom are big on collaboration, which means they do not usually have rows of desks facing a teacher desk. Instead, desks and tables are arranged so that it is easy for students to collaborate on projects or on analyzing readings, rather than listening to lectures.

Activity 16 What type of learning experiences is required for its implementation? When learning is going to place with maximum involvement by students then the lesson design needs to be upgraded. When teacher will know that students are going to carry all the activities effectively,

it will be easier for the teacher to design and implement a more student centric lesson that will compliment the learning styles of the classroom. And that lesson would be something that is organized explicitly engage students with their existing ideas and actively explores new concepts through authentic inquiry can help students to change what they already know, make connections, and integrate this new knowledge.

Activity 16 What are the requirements of the curriculum for the teachers? The teacher becomes a participant and colearner in discussion, asking questions and correcting misconceptions, but not telling learners what they need to know.

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