CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING (CTL)

The Center for Teaching and Learning aims to promote and facilitate the development of professional teachers who are nation-builders, upright, competent, evolutionary and dedicated by creating meaningful teaching-learning environment and providing actual pedagogical, research and community experiences to enable prospective teachers to translate theory into practice.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

INSTRUCTION

Goal 1: Quality and Value-Oriented

• Provide quality on- and off-campus immersion for prospective teachers through meaningful and value-oriented curriculum.
• Provide quality basic education aimed at holistic development of children and youth
  

RESEARCH

Goal 2: Knowledge Generation

• Initiate relevant researches on teacher education, child study and other related areas.
• Serve as venue for experiments, try-outs, and other studies conducted by other studies conducted by other individuals and groups.
  

EXTENSION

Goal 3: Relevance, Responsiveness and Access

• Extend assistance to existing community projects.
• Initiate community-based activities and programs.
  

PRODUCTION

Goal 4: Innovation

• Enhance and harness the creative abilities of faculty and student teachers in the development of teaching-learning materials.
• Develop innovative teaching strategies for more effective instruction.

FUNCTIONS

• As a training center, CTL provides opportunities for on-campus student teachers to demonstrate their competencies in planning, implementing, and evaluating instruction in the preschool, elementary and secondary levels.
• As a development center, CTL provides preschool education and basic education.
• As an observation center, CTL demonstrates lessons where education students can adequately observe the practical applications of the theories and principles of teaching and learning.
• As a demonstration center, CTL is available for the whole institution and the field where educators and teachers may present model lessons.
• As n experimental center, CTL conducts researches exploring pertinent areas such as child study, pedagogy, learning, curriculum offerings, alternative delivery systems, instructional technology, and evaluation techniques among others.
• As a research center, the CTL accommodates researches and other studies designed and initiated by other centers, departments or college collaboratively.
• The CTL maximizes coordination with the Research Center for more fruitful endeavors.
• As a creative center, CTL designs and develops innovative teaching-learning tools and pedagogical strategies.