THE TEACHER,

THE LEARNER AND

THE LEARNING PROCESS
PSYCHOLOGICAL
Foundations of Education
 Teacher - person who provides schooling for
others; one who is hired to teach; educator;
instructor; professor

 Learner - someone (especially a child) who

learns (as from a teacher) or takes up
knowledge or beliefs

 Learning Process - modification of the

reactions of an organism through experience
 The Teacher: Key Factor in
Classroom Learning Situation
 Manager – supervises and leads the students
to the learning process

 Facilitator – organizes and implements

teaching style to foster learning

 Evaluator – understand and assess each of the

students’ capabilities and hone these
capabilities
 The Teacher as a Person
 Give attention to what students are saying. Effective teachers practice focused and
sympathetic listening to show students they care not only about what happens in the
classroom, but about students' lives in general.
 Provide each student with a sense of personal worth and develop each student’s
self-confidence and respect his ability to learn. Caring teachers regard the ethic of
care and learning as important in educating students to their full potential.
 Assume a posture of moral or intellectual superiority.
 Minimize conflict with students and minimize lecturing.
 Provide an open and relaxed atmosphere.
 Generate activity among students. Students should be engaged in interactive
activities. Also diversify teaching styles to prevent apathy and boredom
 Show concern for the well-being of each student in the class and try not to let
students fall behind.
 Ask for feedbacks from your students about your teaching to help you improve on it.
 Interact with colleagues. Share with your co-teachers your experiences and
strategies in teaching. They might be able to help you improve on your teaching
skills
 Tone down grading system. You don’t own the grade, be fair.
 Be a model.
Attitudes of Teachers Toward Self
 Must exude the following:
Self-confidence
Poise
Self-control
 Must control or hide the following when in
front of the students and teaching
Anxiety
Trembling
Insecurity
Teaching Styles According to Thelen, Reissman and Rubin

THELEN REISSMAN RUBIN

Model 1 – Socrates Compulsive Type Explanatory
Model 2 – The Town-Meeting Boomer Inspiratory
Manager
Model 3 – The Maverick Informative
Master/Apprentice
Model 4 – The General Coach Corrective
Model 5 – The Business Quiet one Interactive
Executive
Model 6 – The Coach Entertainer Programmatic
Model 7 – The Tour Guide Secular  
  Academic  
Attitudes Toward the Learning Process
     
MODEL 1 MODEL 2 MODEL 3
     
The Transmitter of Inductive Inquiry Interpersonal Learning
Knowledge
Uses advanced organizers Involves inquiry or A positive classroom
and direct teaching discovery-based teaching atmosphere is a central
methods are the main component
features
Gives pupils basic facts and Emphasizes direct methods Stresses the development
information before they can of open-ended questions of warm human
be expected to think for and building on students relationships between the
themselves ideas teacher and the students
Assumptions are clear Develops the students  
potential to reason more
openly and independently
Teacher’s expertise is    
needed
 Elements of Teaching
Effectiveness:
 Academic Learning Time
 Use of Reinforcement
 Cues & Feedbacks
 Cooperative Learning
 Classroom Morale
 Higher-Order Questions
 Advanced Organizers
 Approaches or Models in
Teaching
 Assertive Approach
 Business Academic Approach
 Behavioral Modification Approach
 Group Managerial Approach
 Group Guidance Approach
 Acceptance Approach
 Success Approach