ABSTRACT
This chapter explains why applied learning is relevant to teaching and learning today; discusses how effective teachers focus on developing learning rather than delivering knowledge; describes how teachers can begin to facilitate high-quality applied learning activities; suggests some topics for professional reflection. Personalized, or individualized, learning was part of the early twentieth-century move towards the development of education that was 'student or learner-centered' and that sought to support the holistic development of the learner. The chapter argues that applied learning can act as tool to 'bridge the gap' between 'child-relevant' pedagogy and 'adult-relevant' andragogy, acting as a key component of the concept of a 'teenagogy' that meets the specific needs of 14-19 year-old learners preparing for external assessments. Pedagogy derives from the Greek 'paidagogia' – 'paid' meaning child and 'agogos' meaning leader. The teacher-centred model has been central to the pedagogical model.
