Personalized learning is an approach that tailors education to each student's needs, interests, and abilities. It involves students having agency over their learning by collaborating with teachers to design individualized learning programs. Teachers act as mentors rather than solely instructors. Key elements include flexible content and tools, targeted instruction, student reflection and ownership, and using data to inform decisions. Benefits include improved knowledge gains for students and learning skills beyond academics. For example, in Russia personalized learning called "mentored learning" is used, giving each student individualized curriculum and ten times more one-on-one time with teachers.
Personalized learning is an approach that tailors education to each student's needs, interests, and abilities. It involves students having agency over their learning by collaborating with teachers to design individualized learning programs. Teachers act as mentors rather than solely instructors. Key elements include flexible content and tools, targeted instruction, student reflection and ownership, and using data to inform decisions. Benefits include improved knowledge gains for students and learning skills beyond academics. For example, in Russia personalized learning called "mentored learning" is used, giving each student individualized curriculum and ten times more one-on-one time with teachers.
Personalized learning is an approach that tailors education to each student's needs, interests, and abilities. It involves students having agency over their learning by collaborating with teachers to design individualized learning programs. Teachers act as mentors rather than solely instructors. Key elements include flexible content and tools, targeted instruction, student reflection and ownership, and using data to inform decisions. Benefits include improved knowledge gains for students and learning skills beyond academics. For example, in Russia personalized learning called "mentored learning" is used, giving each student individualized curriculum and ten times more one-on-one time with teachers.
Personalized learning is an approach that tailors education to each student's needs, interests, and abilities. It involves students having agency over their learning by collaborating with teachers to design individualized learning programs. Teachers act as mentors rather than solely instructors. Key elements include flexible content and tools, targeted instruction, student reflection and ownership, and using data to inform decisions. Benefits include improved knowledge gains for students and learning skills beyond academics. For example, in Russia personalized learning called "mentored learning" is used, giving each student individualized curriculum and ten times more one-on-one time with teachers.
The idea of personalization of education can be traced back to the XIX century, when Helen Parkhurst created the “Dalton Plan” stating that each student can program his or her curriculum in order to meet his or her needs, interests and abilities; to promote both independence and dependability; to enhance the student’s social skills and sense of responsibility toward others. The idea of customization and personalization of education has evolved ever since. DEFINITIONS OF PERSONALIZED LEARNING? National College for School Leadership, UK: “Personalized learning is a highly structured and responsive approach to learning for each individual child and young person. It creates an ethos in which all pupils are able to progress, achieve and participate. It strengthens the link between learning and teaching by engaging pupils and their parents as partners” DEFINITIONS OF PERSONALIZED LEARNING? The Personalized Learning Foundation, California, USA: “Personalized Learning is a blended approach to learning that combines the delivery of education both within and beyond the traditional classroom environment. The Personalized Learning model fosters a collaborative partnership between the teacher, parent, student and school that designs a tailored learning program for each student according to the needs and interests of each individual student” DEFINITIONS OF PERSONALIZED LEARNING? British Columbia Ministry of Education, Canada: “Personalized learning provides individual learners with the differentiated instruction and support they need to gain the required knowledge, skills and competencies and also provides them with the flexibility and choice they need to develop their individual interests and passions” New role of teachers in personalized learning To adapt themselves to the new teaching model and to smooth their students’ transition to this model, teachers need to develop new pedagogical approaches. Their role shifts from instruction to mentoring, advising and consulting. Teachers should acquire some new skills in the effective use of information technologies, mentoring learning, mediating values and encouraging self-motivation. They should also systematically evaluate their students’ activities. CORE ELEMENTS OF PERSONALIZED LEARNING FOUR CORE ELEMENTS OF PERSONALIZED LEARNING: ❖ Flexible Content and Tools ❖ Targeted Instruction ❖ Student Reflection and Ownership ❖ Data Driven Decision BENEFITS OF USING PERSONALIZED LEARNING BENEFITS OF PERSONALIZED LEARNING: ❖ Students with specific weaknesses are able to learn without the stigma of ‘special-ed’ ❖ Students in personalized learning environment improve their knowledge significantly ❖ Students learn skills that go beyond academia and will help them in the future EXAMPLE OF PERSONALIZED LEARNING In Russia, the personalized learning model is used to teach information technologies to children and adults and is known as ‘mentored learning’ or ‘personal learning’. This method is used to teach students in the classroom. Although they attend classes in groups, each student is taught according to his or her individual curriculum and a specially designed learning path that better suits his or her needs and abilities. In addition, each student gets ten times more one-on-one mentoring from the teacher. Personalized learning experience When I was in second grade my adviser used to conduct individual mentoring or one-on-one tutoring in our class regarding reading and arithmetic. REFERENCE: Izmestiev, Dmitry. March 2012. Personalized learning: A new ICT enabled education approach. Published by UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education. 8 Kedrova St., Bldg. 3 Moscow, 117292 Russian Federation. Retrieved from www.iite.unesco.org. Retrieved on January 31, 2021.