Seven Principles for Teaching
#1: Put Learners at the Centre
The learning environment recognizes the learners as its core
participants, encourages their active engagement and
develops in them an understanding of their own activity as
learners.
participants, encourages their active engagement and
develops in them an understanding of their own activity as
learners.
- Learners are the central players in the environment and therefore activities centre on their cognition and growth.
- Learning activities allow students to construct their learning through engagement and active exploration.
- This calls for a mix of pedagogies, which include guided and action approaches, as well as co-operative, inquiry-based, and service learning.
- The environment aims to develop self-regulated learners who:
- develop meta-cognitive skills
- monitor, evaluate and optimise the acquisition and use of knowledge
- regulate their emotions and motivations during the learning process
- manage study time well
- set higher specific and personal goals, and monitor them.