Learner-Centered Psychological Principles Quiz

Learner-Centered Psychological Principles

• 14 principles of learner-centered psychological principles are divided into cognitive/metacognitive, motivational/affective, developmental/social, and individual difference factors.
• These principles focus on internal psychological factors under the learner's control and acknowledge external contextual factors.
• They are intended to apply holistically to all learners to facilitate meaningful knowledge construction through strategic thinking and intrinsic motivation within social and developmental contexts.

Basic Education Curriculum (BEC) in the Philippines

• The BEC includes mother tongue-based multilingual education, universal kindergarten, college and livelihood readiness programs, and specialized upper secondary education.
• The curriculum features spiral progression and contextualization to make it more relevant to students.
• The 2002 BEC was based on 16 years of study to improve the quality of learning, literacy, and numeracy while inculcating values across subject areas.

Revised General Education Curriculum

• The Commission on Higher Education has approved a new general education curriculum for colleges and universities to implement for students graduating from the K-12 program.
• The new GE curriculum will be completed in one year instead of two.
• Many current GE subjects will have been covered in senior high school.
• Technical panels from each discipline will decide how to adjust their individual curricula.
• The new GE curriculum consists of 12 subjects including Filipino history and culture.
• It also allows students to choose three elective subjects.

Neo-Behaviorism

• Tolman's purposive behaviorism introduced concepts like cognitive maps and latent learning, rejecting the idea that reinforcement is necessary for learning.
• Bandura's social learning theory emphasized observational learning and modeling, introducing cognitive factors and stating that learning can occur without an immediate behavior change.
• Both theorists sought to address limitations of behaviorism by incorporating cognitive elements into learning explanations.

Special Education in the Philippines

• Major milestones in the development of special education in the Philippines include the establishment of the Philippine Association for the Deaf in 1926, the first school for the deaf opening in Samar in 1956, and the passage of the Magna Carta for Disabled Persons in 1992.
• The document shows how special education has expanded over the decades through the opening of programs, passage of laws, and establishment of organizations focused on serving people with special needs.

Multilingual Education

• The objective of multilingual education is to make education more responsive to cultural diversity.
• Using one's own mother tongue in dealing with classroom situations is valuable.
• Simulating different classroom situations using one's own mother tongue is also encouraged.

Vision, Policy, Goal, and Objectives of Special Education in the Philippines

• The vision of the Philippine Department of Education's is for children with special needs to receive a basic education that allows them to develop their potentials and express themselves in society.
• The policy aims to accelerate access to education for children with special needs.
• It also aims to promote inclusive education for children with special needs.