Priorities for Evaluating Instructional Materials: Learning


By: Prof. Sandra Araya A


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Learning is more than just acquiring knowledge. As the reading establishes, “Teachers make a difference in students learning, and materials with effective learning strategies can support or impede their impact”. I strongly think that the role a teacher plays in the learning process is quite important. The teacher is conceived of as facilitator, collaborator and advisor in the students’ learning process. Therefore, the teacher acquires responsibility for the quality of learning, together with the family and the educational authorities. The responsibility of the teacher is to make learning possible through a series of well and carefully planned activities where students feel engaged with learning, and they should strive to make learning active. If teachers have a positive attitude, students will respond with interest and motivation because facilitators appear to be human and caring.

Furthermore, learners should be responsible for producing something, rather than just sitting passively. Learning is doing, exploring, experimenting, discovering and reconstructing the learners own knowledge. If you can create something fun, exciting, happy and loving, students will learn more readily and the learning will last much longer.