2. Objectives
Active learning and its strategies.
Collaborative Skills, Curiosity and
Communication skills strategies.
Creative learning and Critical thinking.
3. Active learning
Active learning engages students in
learning, using activities such as reading,
writing, discussion, or problem solving,
which promote evaluation and evaluation of
class content.
Active learning is not only beneficial for
students, rather it helps even mentor to
know status of students mind setup and
lags of student understandings.
Ref: Dr. Eric Warren, www.GoodSensoryLearing.com, www.learningspecialistmaterials.blogspot.com
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/794533559255183150/
4. Active learning Strategies
Discussion.
Brainstorming
Short cases / scenarios
Ref: How students learn,Teaching for effective learning Module. https://www.queensu.ca/teachingandlearning/modules/home.html
Question and answer
technique
One minute paper
Pre-assessments
5. Collaborative skills and
Communication enhancing
Collaborative learning is used as an umbrella term for a variety of
approaches in education system that involve joint intellectual effort
by students or students and teachers by engaging individuals in
interdependent learning activities.
Problem-based learning demonstrates improvement of student
engagement and retention in classroom material.
1. Smith, B. L., & MacGregor, J. T. (1992). National Center on Postsecondary Teaching, Learning, and Assessment at Pennsylvania
State University. 2. Prince, M. (2004)."Does Active Learning Work? A Review of Research". J. Engr. Education, 93(3), 223-231.
6. Collaborative skills and
Communication enhancing strategies
Problem Based Learning.
Role-play
Syllabus quiz
Round-Robin
Think-Pair-Share
Group interview
Ref: How students learn,Teaching for effective learning Module. https://www.queensu.ca/teachingandlearning/modules/home.html
7. Creative v/s Critical thinking
Creative thinking
Divergence of thinking
Imagination, Synthesis
Collaborations
Making predictions
Freedom to make mistakes and
to choose.
Right brain (Probabilities,
Parallel, emotional, subjective).
Critical thinking
Convergence of thinking
Investigation, Evaluation
Physical and mental togetherness
Making effective decisions.
Control of ideas and judgments.
Left brain(analytical, serial,
logical, objective).
Ref: Isacsen and Treffinger (1985), Creative problem solving, (The basic course) . Bhoendradatt Tewarie, Enhancing creative
and critical thinking skill, Institute of Critical thinking
8. Conclusion
So,
we must always welcome the new ideas and thoughts.
Creativity and critical thinking these both are interrelated
aspects to initiate or invent new things or projects.
Who knows who will be the next Albert Einstein !!!
Ref: Gibson, Robyn (2010). "The 'art' of creative teaching: Implications for higher education". Teaching in Higher Education. 15 (5):
607–613. doi:10.1080/13562517.2010.493349. S2CID 143125126.