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Teacher Education Dinesh Kumar, Lovely Professional University

Notes Unit 23: Meaning, Nature and Strategies of Learner

Controlled Instruction

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
23.1 Meaning of Learner Controlled Instruction
23.2 Nature of Learner Controlled Instruction
23.3 Strategies of Learner Controlled Instruction
23.4 Summary
23.5 Keywords
23.6 Review Questions
23.7 Further Readings

Objectives

After reading this unit, students will be able to:
• to describe the meaning of learner controlled instructions.
• to explain the nature of learner controlled instructions.
• to assess the strategies of learner controlled instructions.

Introduction

Classrooms are places where teachers and students interact within a highly interdependent
environment. At particular times, some types of learning environments have been deemed more
appropriate than others. Both formal and informal learning emnates from the particular
environments that teachers create, and these are highly influenced by the startegies being used.
For instance, lecturing creates a tightly structured learning environment where students are
expected to listen, observe, and take notes. On the other hand, if the teacher divides students into
cooperative learning groups, an environment is created where students are actively engaged and
in charge of their own interactions.
Individualised learning requires careful monitoring of students working on their own or in
small groups on practice a new skill. Before assigning students to work independently, you, as a
teacher, have to provide necessary guidance to ensure that they are prepared to work on their
own. Thus, learner-controlled instruction demands your active participation in the teaching-
learning process. The students may need periodic review with corrective feedback on their work.

23.1 Meaning of Learner Controlled Instruction

Learner controlled instructions is defined as a process where experience (instruction) causes a
change in an individual's knowledge or behaviour; different learning theories propound different
perspectives about what 23is improtant and how learning occurs.
23.2 Nature of Learner Controlled Instruction

In learner controlled instruction, the learner takes up the responsibility for his/her learning. It,
however, does not mean that you, as a teacher, have no role to play in learner-controlled
instruction. It is a matter of shifting relatively more of the responsibility of learning to the

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