Learning-Focused Relationships: Lorelie C. Mission

LEARNING-FOCUSED
RELATIONSHIPS
NATIONAL TRAINING OF TRAINERS ON SHS COMPETENCY-BASED LEARNING
November 13-18, 2017
Makati City
Lorelie C. Mission
Presenter
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OBJECTIVES
At the end of the session, the participants
should be able to:
1. define learning –focused relationship;

2. cite and explain the developmental stages of
adolescents;
3. clarify the purpose and value of establishing
learning-focused relationships; and
4. share ways/strategies by which learning-focused
relationship in the classroom can be developed
through various activities.
Activity 1
Students who truly understand
and are involved in learning
have accelerated rates of
achievements.
Is it a Fact or a Bluff ?
Learner-centered teaching
engages students in the hard,
messy work of learning.
An individual with a good
personality can be a very good
teacher.
Teaching students to be
independent and curious make
the class a different learning
environment.
Knowledge is constructed
based on personal experiences
and hypotheses of the
environment.
Activity 2
Group Activity:
1. Watch the scenes to be presented.
2. Answer the questions about each

scene. Write your answer(s) on the
metacards.
3. Share your answers in class.

SCENE 1
Guide Questions
1. What did you feel while watching the

video clip?
2. What did you find out about the

characteristics of the students and the
teacher on the video?
SCENE 2
Guide Question
1. How does the teacher and

student relationship affect
learning?
SCENE 3
Guide Questions
1. What actions were made by the teacher

to make the learners participate and
engage in the learning environment?
2. How does it affect your perspective as a

teacher/ administrator of Senior High
School?
LEARNING
RELATIONSHIP
WHAT IS LEARNING-
FOCUSED
RELATIONSHIP?
WHAT IS LEARNING-FOCUSED RELATIONSHIP?
• primary focus on learning
• based on mutual respect, and an expectation that

students can and should have ownership of their
learning if the teacher shows them how
WHAT IS LEARNING-FOCUSED RELATIONSHIP?
• in which teachers and students have a shared

language around learning
• in which there is shared understanding of teacher

role and student role in learning and the
opportunity to negotiate this.
MILESTONES
Learning -
Focused
Relationship
DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES OF AGES 15-18
• High-schoolers need lots of sleep and food

because they’re growing fast.
• Friends might be more important than family
• High-schoolers begin developing more mature
thinking skills, they may start setting goals for the
future.
PHYSICAL MILESTONES
• Have big appetite; are always hungry

• Need more sleep; may be sleepy in school if it
starts early
• Are clumsy and uncoordinated
• Have the hand-eye coordination to learn to drive
COGNITIVE MILESTONES
• Show an increasing ability to reason, make

educated guesses and sort fact from fiction
• Start thinking more abstractly, comparing
what is to what could be
• Think about and come up with ways to deal
with hypothetical situations
COGNITIVE MILESTONES
• Begin to set their own goals for the future; take
other opinions into account but make their own
decisions
• Understand the consequences of actions, not just
today, but also in a more far-reaching way (for
example, they might see that failing English isn’t
just a bummer—it can mean summer school, too)
• Develop a strong sense of right and wrong; make
decisions based on following their conscience
SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL (15 –YEAR- OLDS)
• Don’t want to talk as much; are argumentative

• Appreciate siblings more than parents
• Narrow down to a few close friends;
• Analyze their own feelings and try to find the
cause of them
SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL (16-18 –YEAR- OLDS)
• Start relating to family better; begin to see

parents as real people
• Develop a better sense of who they are and what
positive things they can contribute to friendships
and other relationships
• Spend lots of time with friends
• Are able to voice emotions (both negative and
positive) and try to find solutions to conflicts
WHY IS LEARNING-
FOCUSED RELATIONSHIP
SO IMPORTANT?
Students who experience a learning-focused
classroom:
• are active in their

learning
• are motivated in their
learning
• seek descriptive
feedback
• can test and reflect
on their learning
Michael Absolum: Clarity in the Classroom (2006)
• Learning-focused relationship is about using

the considerable potential in the relationship
between teacher and student to maximise the
student’s engagement with learning;
• Enabling the student to play a meaningful role
in deciding what to learn and how to learn it;
• Enabling the student to become a confident,
resilient, active, self-regulating learner.
It will not flourish if the teacher focuses primarily on:
• Controlling students
• Caring for students
• Providing tasks and
activities designed only to
hook the students in, tasks
they enjoy but do not
necessarily learn from
To enhance the learning
partnership:
• Insist an atmosphere of trust and challenge in
the classroom in which students are not afraid
or embarrassed to be confused or ‘wrong’. Ask
the students to monitor this.
• Consider ways for students to help plan units of
work, and to plan assessments.
To enhance the learning
partnership:
• Ask the students to help design the
seating arrangement in the room. Ask
them to decide which would be the best
place for them to sit to enhance their
learning.
There are deliberate ways
by which you can develop
a learning-focused
relationship in your
classroom.
APPLICATION
• Do the following by showing some of

the ways/strategies you know to
develop and establish a learning-
focused relationship in the classroom.
Group 1. Role-play
Group 2. Picture Perfect (Tableau)
Group 3. Talk Show
Group 4: News Reporting
Group 5: Poster Making
Reflection Activity :
In your own perspective, what skills and

qualities do you think a teacher must possess
in order to promote positive student-teacher
relationships and improve student overall
learning outcome.
QUIETING ACTIVITY
WHAT IS YOUR MOST POWERUL

LEARNING TODAY?
Closure Activity
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Real Teachers
REFERENCES
• Absolum, M. (2006). Clarity in the classroom. Auckland: Hodder Education.

• Learners in the Driving Seat
o Watkins, C. (2009). Learners in the driving seat. School Leadership Today.
Vol 1.2.
• Teaching Times
o www.teachingtimes.com
• Developing Learning Focused Relationship
o http://assessment.tki.org.nz/Assessment-in-the-classroom/Assessment-
for-learning-in-practice/Learning-focused-relationships
• Relationship and Learning
o https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/uk/08/05/relationships-and-learning
• The Ron Clark story: The Triumph
o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCwR9dCqjSY

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LEARNING-FOCUSED

1. define learning –focused relationship;

2. Answer the questions about each

3. Share your answers in class.

1. What did you feel while watching the

2. What did you find out about the

1. How does the teacher and

1. What actions were made by the teacher

2. How does it affect your perspective as a

• primary focus on learning

• based on mutual respect, and an expectation that

• in which teachers and students have a shared

• in which there is shared understanding of teacher

• High-schoolers need lots of sleep and food

• Have big appetite; are always hungry

• Show an increasing ability to reason, make

• Don’t want to talk as much; are argumentative

• Start relating to family better; begin to see

• are active in their

• Learning-focused relationship is about using

• Do the following by showing some of

In your own perspective, what skills and

WHAT IS YOUR MOST POWERUL

PLDT Gabay Guro Epic Ad Featuring

• Absolum, M. (2006). Clarity in the classroom. Auckland: Hodder Education.

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