Five Basic Principles

Learner commitment

Can generated a greater degree of commitment and sense of purposeful activity if the teaching materials are engaged the pupils interest

Learner as evaluator and assessor

Learner will be better able to assess their relevance and interest

Also be able to assess their own level of achievement.

Learners as a problems solver

Learners focus will be on materials creation.

Sets learners a meaningful problem to solve.

Learner as materials writer and collaborator

Learners can be productively engaged in adaptation tasks

Develops the role of collaborator if working on a cooperative with other group

Learner as knower

Learners can change their role, becoming “knower” rather than “assimilators”

They become expert in one area then transmit their knowledge to others.