THE LEARNING PROCESS IN THE BASIC LEARNING

PROGRAM

BASIC LITERACY PROGRAM (BLP)

Basic Literacy Program (BLP) is an intensive community-based training for illiterate out-of-school youth and adults, who are willing

to learn basic literacy skills

What are the three basic literacy skills?

*        ability to read with comprehension*        ability to compute simple problems

 *       creative thinking and problem solving

 

TARGET LEARNERS– ARE YOU ONE OF THEM?

ALS target learners are the:

• non-literates, • functional literates, • out-of-school youth (OSY) and adults, • elementary and high school dropouts, • qualifiers of Philippine Educational Placement Test

(PEPT), • people who opt not to go back to formal school

system, and just about anybody who would want to continue learning. 

 

 Step 1: Recruitment

 The Service Provider, Literacy

Facilitator and Mobile Teacher, District ALS Coordinators will go to the target community (house-to-house) to recruit

learners

HOW DO LEARNERS ACCESS BLP?

Step 2: Screening and Placement  The recruited learners will undergo screening and placement test using the Functional Literacy Test (FLT)

Step 3: Enrolment

Learners who are qualified will be enrolled to BLP

Learners will prepare their Individual Learning Agreement (ILA)

 

What happens to the BLP completers

•          enroll to A&E Program•          mainstream to formal school•          enter the world of work•          enroll to TESDA training 

• ANDRAGOGY

• Learning upon demand.

• Learner no age bracket

• Takes place anywhere outside the school

• Subject matter depends on learner’s needs

• Facilitator is anyone with interest, concern, commitment with basic literacy skills.

• PEDAGOGY

• Keeps students in order to finish 10th grade.

• With age bracket.

• In school

• Depends on prescribed curriculum

• Facilitator is a professional.

TEACHING STATEGIES

The ALS employed the three distinct stages of the learning process:

• Facilitator Aided Instruction Stage,

• Transition to self Learning Stage and

• Self-learning Stage.

FACILITATOR INSTRUCTION STAGE

Facilitator-Aided Instruction who handles the Lower Elementary Level, he provides varied learning materials and delivery system which can be described as a flexible learning system.

Choices are possible over what, when, where and how they learn even within the constraints of limited resources. Face-to-face learning session is employed.

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The processes used are

• Learning Group Session,

• Organization of Learners,

• Identification of Learning Goals,

• Preparation of ILA ( Individual Learning Agreement ),

• Variety of Presentation/strategies and Follow-up Visits/ Home Visits

• Transition to self learning / Autonomous Learning, the process used are : Learners used the modules,

• Alone,

• In group,

• Group discussion and

• Formulation of Individual Learning Agreement .

• face-to-face,

• modular,

• study groups,

• print and audio-based learning,

• tutorial, mentoring, and even home visits.

• self and interactive learning

• mentoring, and even home visits

• In terms of languages of instruction, these can be local languages or dialects, Filipino, or English, depending on the programits.

METHODS OF TEACHING

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• Maitha L.

Oliveros