Unit 1. Learner-Centered Psychological Principles

Unit 1. Learner-Centered Psychological Principles

    From the module on Learner-Centered Psychological Principles, I realized that there are many processes on how to develop ourselves, what are the several factors that can affect our development and perspective and how these factors influence us in learning something. The 14 principles are divided into four: Cognitive and Metacognitive Process, Motivational and Affective Factors, Developmental and Social Factors and lastly the Individual Differences Factors influence learners and learning. It is applied to all learners-all people children to professionals.

        We all have a different process of learning things, in acquiring new knowledge, behaviors,  skills, values, how can we enable us to adopt it and how to understand the different concepts that may take place in our learning process. Also, I realized that this principle can lead to positive mental health, the productivity of ourselves and to become effective learners.  Whoever who is today, where we are, what we are doing is part and parcel of these factors.

          From our mind, we have all these factors in learning but several of them is that we can adopt in our entire life. Learners have different strategies, approaches and capabilities of learning on how can we handle it, maintain, handle problems, how can we motivate ourselves and have good decision making in one's learning.

          We can identify these factors such as: from the cognitive and metacognitive factors we think for Nature of the learning process, Goals of the learning process, construction of knowledge, Strategic thinking, Thinking about thinking and Context of learning. From the Motivational and Affective factors, we always consider this in our mind the Motivational and emotional influences on learning, Intrinsic Motivation to learn and the effects of motivation and effort. The third one was the developmental and social factors these are developmental influences on learning and social influences on learning. Lastly the Individual Differences factors such as Individual Differences in learning, Learning and Diversity and standards, and assessment.