Ian Jem C.

Donor EDUC 103 (2590)

Module No. 1 FACILITATING LEARNER CENTERED TEACHING

and Title

Activity Take time to thoughtfully answer the checklist

below for you to reflect on your prior
knowledge and experience related to student-
centred teaching. Check your response under the
YES and NO column.

Checklist on Learner-Centred Pedagogy

Yes No
 Were you allowed by your teachers to
specific learning goals for your self?
set
/
 Have you experienced being given the freedom
to choose a topic for a course requirement?
/
 Have you experienced being asked by your
teacher for your input or opinion in deciding
/
what topics to learn in a course?

 Have you experienced being given a chance to

choose a type of assessment task you can do to
/
effectively demonstrate what you already know?

 Do your teachers frequently check first what you

already know about a certain lesson?
/
 Has collaboration among students emphasized
more than competition in your learning
/
experience through the years?

 Have you experienced being given the

opportunity to develop your self- and peer-
/
assessment skills?

 Have you experienced being given a flexible date

for submitting your project?
/

Analysis Let us now examine closely your response to the

checklist.

1. Where did most of your responses fall in the checklist? More of

Yes or more of No?
Ian Jem C. Donor EDUC 103 (2590)

- most of my response were Yes.

2. If more of yes, how did you feel about those experiences?

- i felt that my teacher/instructor was concern in how we learn
and wants to understand us as his student.

3. If more of No, how did you feel under those circumstances?

4. For items which you answered NO, which of these would you
have liked to really have or experience in the past?Why do you
say so?
- probably choosing the type of assessment that can
demonstrate what i learned part.

For items in the checklist which you responded to as yes, they are
some clear examples of your own experiences which reflect a learner-
centered teaching approach. To know more about the essential
features of Learner-Centred Pedagogy, let us now turn to the next
section.

LESSON 1.1