FACILITATING LEARNER-CENTERED TEACHING

OVERVIEW OF THE TOPIC

Facilitating Learner-Centered Teaching is a potent tool to help pre-service and practicing

teachers understand the fundamental pedagogical principles, processes, and practices that are anchored
on learner-centeredness and other educational, psychologies, as they apply to facilitate the delivery of
teaching and learning in the current educational milieu.

Learner-centered teaching engages students in the hard, messy work of learning. It is teaching
that motivates and empowers students by giving them some control over learning processes. Learner-
centered teaching encourages students to reflect on what they are learning it.

Learner-Centered Psychological Principles (LCP)

American Psychological Association
• The largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States,
with over 118,000 members including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants, and
students.
• Focus on psychological factors that are primarily internal to and under the control of the
learner rather than conditioned habits or physiological factors;
• Intended to deal holistically with learners in the context of real-world learning
situations;
• Divided into those referring to
a.) Cognitive and Metacognitive
b.) Motivational and effective
c.) Developmental and Social
d.) Individual difference factors influencing learners and
learning

Learner-Centered Psychological Principles (LCP)

American Psychological Association

• Intended to apply to all learners