Learner-centered learning leads to __________ .

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Learner-centered learning leads to __________ .

  1. A.

    holistic development

  2. B.

    Enhanced Activity

  3. C.

    loss of interest

  4. D.

    None of these

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Correct answer: A

Concept — Learner-centred (child-centred) education is a pedagogical approach that places the learner, rather than the teacher or the textbook, at the centre of the learning process. Rooted in NCF 2005 and the ideas of educators such as Dewey and Froebel, its guiding aim is the all-round growth of the child across every domain — intellectual, emotional, social, physical and moral.

Applying it here — The blank asks for the ultimate outcome that such learning leads to. Because a learner-centred approach deliberately nurtures all of these domains together, its recognised outcome is holistic (all-round) development — the balanced growth of the whole personality.

Why the other choices fail —

  • Enhanced activity describes how a learner-centred classroom operates, with more participation and learning by doing; that is a feature of the method, not the end result the approach leads to.

  • Loss of interest is the opposite effect: centring lessons on the learner's needs and choices raises motivation, whereas disengagement is linked to rigid, passive, teacher-dominated teaching.

  • A 'none of these' choice cannot apply, because a valid developmental outcome is already present among the given options.

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