FACILITATING

LEARNER-
CENTERED
TEACHING
LESSON OUTLINE
 Definition
 Characteristics
 Examples
 Strategies on how to teach
WHAT IS LEARNER-CENTERED
TEACHING?
 Inverting the traditional teacher centered
teaching
 Understanding of the learning process and
putting students at the center of the
learning process.
 Shift the focus on the activity from the
teacher to the learners.
 Emphasizes what the learners do and
what the teacher does .
 Progressivism

Philosophical
perspective

Constructivism
Humanism
 DEFINITION :
Is a very student centered
philosophy of
education .Rooted in
pragmatism the educational
focus of progressivism is on
engaging students in real
world problem solving
activities in a democratic and
the cooperative learning
EXAMPLES :
. Dividing the room in
activities center caters to
students individual needs
as some students are
interested in different
subjects and like working
in different settings .
PROGRESSIVISM
CHARACTERISTICS :
. Emphasis on learning by
doing
. Collaborative and
cooperative learning projects
. Understanding and action
as the goal of learning
Here are some strategies on how to
teach :
. Progressivist teachers try making
school interesting and useful by
planning lessons that provoke
curiosity .
. Engaging students in active learning
. Promoting discovery and self directly
learning
 Is a student centered Constructivism is
philosophy that characterized by ;
emphasized hands on problem solving, hands on
learning and students experiment, concept
actively participating in development and logical
lesson. reasoning.

constructivism
Examples of
Strategies On How To Teach
constructivism are the,
Inquiry-based The teacher functions more as
a facilitator who coaches
learning(IBL), Problem- mediate , prompt and help
based students develop and assess
learning(PBL),Cooperative their understanding and their
learning and Reciprocal by learning
teaching/learning.
 HUMANISM
Is a philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual
and social potential and agency of human beings whom
it consider the starting point for serious moral and
philosophical inquiry
Examples of
humanism : Characteristics :
Everything . Making time to Strategies on how
collaborate with to teach :
From being kind
other educators
to a stranger to a . Teach learning
scuba diving could . Co planning skills
be humanistic lessons with other
teachers . Provide
behavior if the
motivation for
motivation is a Evaluating students classroom tasks
desire to live a needs and wants
good authentic and regularly
meaningful life