14 LEARNING CENTERED PRINCIPLES

      Learning can be attained throughout, there’s so many ways which we could learn. It could be in our own home or in school. Anything that could lead us to experience there is learning on it.

Among which may influence learning according to some experts there are 14 principles as follows:

When we say cognitive it is the capacity of a person to think or what we called as intelligence. As a learner it is very important to know the process of learning. It could be the study habit of a person or other learning strategies that could enhance the learning.

Aside from that learners should be goal oriented. Learners must have objectives that are meaningful and both personal and educational interest.

 Construction of knowledge is also important in cognitive factors. A learner should link previous in information to existing knowledge. It could widen the learner’s knowledge and could give also some clarifications on the information that the learner have.

Motivational factors- Learners can be motivated by other people or by himself. When we say other people it could be our parents or the educators. Parents should motivate their child to learn, it is very important to explain the importance of learning and be education.

 Educators should be a good model to the students in such a way the learners will be motivated to learned, because they look for their teachers as a guide to their success. 

Curiosity and effort also is one factor that a learner is motivated. The more curious the students the more they want to learn and eager to find answers to their questions. That is why it is very important for the educators to look for the students’ interest to keep the learners motivated.

Another factor that may affect learning is the developmental and social influences. Developmental is something which we acquire from the very beginning. Meaning from the very start when we’re still in the womb of our mother may affect our respective learning also. Our parents, most especially our mom, may influence on how she handles her pregnancy. During that very moment that is why it is very important that expected mothers should eat the right kind of food drink their vitamins, because it could influence our learning as develop inside the womb and even after birth. Social influence also may influence our learning because it has something to do with the environment that we have. Of course the more that we are expose with different people with various interest the more we acquire same learning that they have.

Individual difference factor may affect learning also. As we all know that learners varied with their capabilities of learning’s. Some people may think and understand fast while others may be slow. With that, educators should know and be sensitive to individual differences. Also must impose instructional materials that could suit the students’ capacity of learning.

However there are some differences also that may affect learning. Such as language, ethnicity, race, beliefs and socio economic status.

Language may affect learning if the learner finds it hard to express his own thought or find it hard to understand and perceive the said information.

Ethnicity may affect learning because of some traditions and culture which they tend to impose and practice in some tribes like ifugao’s and Aeta’s.

Race could somehow may affect learning but it doesn't mean that one race dominate with the other. Like we Filipinos, we often excel outside the country. Other race also may be at their best even it is not on their own country. This simply means that race is not hindrance in learning.

Beliefs may influence learning because of different religions that we have. But what important is even we differ with our own beliefs we tend to respect one another.

Among the learning diversity, socio economic status I guess is really applicable here in our country, because of the status of living. Learners who have the capacity or can afford may find the best education they want. On the other hand, learners who belong in the lower status may still be able to manage to have the best education, provided that they can pass or may avail scholarships.However socio economic status may not  hamper learning if the learner himself is well determined