DESIGNING NEW LEARNING PROGRAM IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING

MADONNA C. ROQUE

In today’s new trend of education, varied learning strategies and techniques in teaching are necessary for creative learning. Teachers' advocacy in teaching is significant in aiming for consistent innovative, fun and exciting learning environment so that learners will surely love to learn. Promoting creative teaching develops critical thinking skills of every learner. This advocacy in the field of education requires variety of teaching strategies. In relation with this, it is the mandate of every teacher to demonstrate innovative style of teaching approaches. It is also important to develop learners' lifelong learning skills for them to become productive individuals of the society. In this way, learners are able to enhance their capabilities to survive in daily living. Moreover, teachers are responsible to provide accessible and equitable learning to all learners through the utilization of creative supplementary materials. The creative learning approaches in teaching must focus on the achieving the quality learning for all type of learners. Teaching strategies involves the use of modern technology especially in the implementation of various learning activities. It is also part of the teacher to increase the learners’ interest in acquiring information, knowledge, and skills for every classroom teaching. \ Designing new learning program in teaching and learning process requires curious minds and modern strategies especially in developing the basic literacy of young learners. This learning program refers to the application of innovative teaching strategies that responds to the learners' needs. One of the new learning programs is the utilization of creative teaching approaches in presenting lessons such as printing interactive activities and other application which enables teachers to provide new mode of learning to all young learners. Teachers can utilize different platforms in providing quality learning among the learners. Providing the new learning opportunity to young learners is an essential factor for equitable and accessible education. As teacher in elementary, I am ready to embrace changes in technology in designing new learning program for this will make me help the learners to become better learners towards achieving their better future.

-oOoThe author is Principal II at Sto. Domingo Elementary School, Lubao North District.