Does this look like your current-day classroom?
One of my favorite quotes comes from the teacher Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr who wrote in 1839 "The more things change, the more things stay the same." This quote and this image stirs the educator in me to want to make my classroom different. I want to be the change agent that gets students excited about learning. This website is developed to share learning theories and pedagogy that can enhance our teaching.
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Active learning is an umbrella term for learning and teaching methods which put the student in charge of their own learning through meaningful activities. ... Active learning promotes recall and deeper understanding of material, as students are engaging with the content rather than simply listening to it."
At the heart of the active learning concept is the desire to fully engage students in the learning process so that they are not just the passive recipients of knowledge, but active participants and co-creators of their own learning. Other examples of active learning techniques include role-playing, case studies, group projects, think-pair-share, peer teaching, debates, Just-in-Time Teaching, and short demonstrations followed by class discussion. There are two easy ways to promote active learning through the discussion. |