A new approach to promoting active learning in the classroom ppt
1. A New Approach to Promoting Active
Learning in the Classroom
Richard Dettling MSHRM
Program Manager, School of Business
University of Phoenix, South Florida Campus
Alexandra Escobar MAED
College Chair, College of Education
University of Phoenix, South Florida Campus
3. What is Active Learning?
• Student-centered, not instructor centered. Students’ learning needs
drive instruction and the activity
• Multi-directional learning experience
• Learning occurs teacher-to-student, student-to-teacher, and student-to-student
• Involves activity-based learning experiences, can be whole group,
small group, trios, pairs, individuals
• May take many forms talking, writing, reading, discussing, debating,
acting, role-playing, journaling, conferring, interviewing, building,
creating...
15. Active Learning Strategies
The following is a selection of active learning strategies you
can use in your classroom
Peer Instruction
Class Debate
Role-Playing
Case Studies
Creative Scenarios and Simulations
16. • Peer Instruction
• To move the site of teaching and learning from the instructor
to the students
• To have students connect or apply concepts by explaining to
another student or trying to convince another student
• To enable students to evaluate their understanding of the
instructor’s explanation
• Peer instruction can be used in review sessions to move
students to a higher learning level, beyond their concern
over what to memorize
17. • Class Debate
• To encourage students to organize their thoughts in a critical
or argumentative way that takes into account the complexity
of issues and the existence of alternative and opposing
views
• To increase students’ public speaking and presentation skills,
including the ability to think quickly on one’s feet
• Class debate can also be used to develop students’ research
skills and give them a chance to become experts on a
particular subject
18. • Role-Playing
• To increase student awareness of the interconnectedness of
knowledge and the subtle complexities of a situation
• To include affective learning as well as cognitive
understanding
• To expand personal experience by simulating a situation
• Role-playing can be used make learning more active
19. • Case Studies
• To facilitate intuitive and integrated understanding of
complex, interconnected issues
• To encourage students to integrate theory with practice
• Case studies can be used to enliven the material by making
it concrete and relating it to the lived world
20. • Creative Scenarios and Simulations
• To encourage students to extrapolate beyond the information
they receive in class
• To stimulate creative and original thinking by forcing students
to look at their knowledge from a new perspective
• To foster a greater awareness of the interdependence of
theories and facts
• Creative scenarios and simulations can also be used to
make students more active in their learning and to increase
their research skills
22. Categories of Active Learning Strategies
1. Individual activities
2. Paired activities
3. Informal small groups
4. Cooperative student projects
Teachers can incorporate a variety of strategies and adapt as needed based
on the objectives of your lesson, the number of students, space, and time
considerations.
(University of Minnesota, 2015)
23. Planning an Active Learning Activity
• What are your objectives?
• Will you give students any time to reflect on their learning and action
plan to address the activity prior to starting?
• How will students be grouped?
• What time will the activity take place and how long will it take?
• Is the activity graded or non-graded? Will it be submitted?
• Will you call on volunteers?
• What preparation do students need to participate in the activity fully?
(University of Minnesota, 2015)