CHILD INSPIRED LEARNINGFRAMEWORK FOR TLP-

TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS

5 DAY WORKSHOP ON EDUCATIONAL

LEADERSHIP FOR THE HMs/ Sr. PRTs

APRIL-MAY 2013KVS ZIET MYSORE

SOURCES

• Constructivist Approaches to Teaching and Learning

• Edited by Santosh Sharma• NCERT Publication • ISBN-81-7450-475-3

OBJECTIVES

• understand the concept of ‘learner centred’ approaches• Identify factors influencing learners

and learning• Identify various learner centred

approaches

LEARNER CENTRED APPROACHES

Place learner at the centre of classroom processes.Parameters which take into learner centred approaches are:Learner’s developmental stagesLearning strategiesPrior knowledge and experiences

Motivation and interestsPersonalityContext and culture

PARAMETERS SIGNIFICANCE…INFERENCES.. FOR TEACHERS TO ORGANISE LEARNER CENTRED TLP

Learner’s developmental stages

Health Check-up and feedback about the learners’ health and differential rates of development.

Teacher must strive to build up a healthy, stress free school environment

Importance to games, sports, yoga

Learning strategies

Multiple Intelligences- Children learn in different means, formats, means and representations naturally.

Teachers must select diverse learning tasks to provide for diverse learners. Every child can learn- there are no labels like intelligent, poor, slow etc

Prior knowledge and experiences

Assess the prior knowledge of children and base the learning tasks. The tasks may be at different levels. This is the essential step to

construction of knowledge

Motivation and interests

When TL is based on the student’s prior knowledge, learning styles, and at the right level- neither too easy nor too difficult it generates intrinsic motivation/ drive for learning

Personality Based on different personality types, teachers cater to individual differences in the class

Context and Culture

Culture based on socio-economic belonging of the learner Language Family and the concept of schooling held by the family Community peers

SKILLS DEVELOPED BY LEARNER CENTRED TL

1. ENQUIRY2. OBSERVATION3. ACTION /ACTIVITY4. INVESTIGATION5. FORMULATION OF HYPOTHESIS6. EVALUATING NEW IDEAS AND THEORIES

CLASSROOM STRATEGIES FOR LEARNER CENTRED APPROACHES

• Problem solving• Investigative projects• Concept mapping• Field survey• Research• Creative writing

ASSESSMENT IN CONSTRUCTIVIST TL- student

learning is assessed in a continuous mode using a RUBRIC

• QUESTIONING• EXIT CARDS -a small card with some key

questions to be answered in A minute or two given to small groups/ pairs of students

• ANALOGIES• GROUP WORK• PEER ASSESSMENT • SELF ASSESSMENT• PORTFOLIOS

PRACTICE ACTIVITY• TWO DEMO LESSONS OF TWENTY MINUTES

DURATION EACH