engaging students in active learning
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ENGAGING STUDENTS IN ACTIVE LEARNING
A PAPER PRESENTED DURING
AN IN-HOUSE WORKSHOP FOR RHS TEACHERSMONDAY 19-20 MARCH, 2012.
THEME: THE RESOURCEFUL CHRISTIANTEACHER IN RHS
BY
MRS E.N UGWU THE VICE PRINCIPAL ADMIN, REDEEMERS
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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Objective:
To transform RHS
classrooms to active
classrooms where studentsare actively engaged to
acquire knowledge,
develop skills and positivefeelings (attitudes).
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Introduction
The Philosophy of Active Learning is based on the UN article
12, 13, 14 of child right act which stipulates that the
student has the right to seek information to question, to be
listened to, to expression of thought, feelings and opinions.
In the 21st century the pivot of educational issues is not the
teacher but the child, hence the need for the teacher to be
resourceful to use brain friendly methods, active
collaborative and investigative learning, rational reasoning
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What is Active Learning?
Engaging students with content through enquiry,
exploration, questioning, debates application and
reflecting leading to development of competences and
building of skills nature than simply transfer knowledge.
It is involving students directly, actively in the learning
process itself by providing opportunity to question,
enquire, debate, clarify and consolable new knowledge.
It involves students doing something and thinking
about the things they are doing and thereby make
connections between what they are doing and why they
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Why is Active Learning Important? It enthuses the children and arouses the creativity and
curiosity Among them. It helps the children as their right while in school or out of
school to develop the skill to navigate through life effectively.
It creates link between knowledge and empowerment to
equip each student with the ability to think, to apply and
discover new ideas. It gives the children the key to be resourceful to be able to
try something that one has never done before with confidence
and caution.
It helps students retain more knowledge Students are more likely to internalize understand and
remember materials learning more.
The students talk about what they are learning, write about
it and relate it to past experiences, apply it to their daily lives
and make what they learn part of themselves.Engaging Students in Active Learning 5
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Major characteristics of Active Learning Strategies
Classes that actively engage students can be identified by at
least some of these characteristics. Students are involved in more than just listening passively
and taking notes
Students are engaged in a variety of class activities often
with one another reading, writing, discussing, reading,
presenting, sharing their writing, summarizing, drawing a
mind map etc.
Students are involved in higher order thinking skills
analysis, synthesis, and evaluation
Students reflect on their learning and the learning
processes.
Students explore their own attitudes and values.
Less emphasis is placed on training information and more
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Obstacles that prevent the use of Active
Learning strategies
The use of the strategies for Active Learningreduces the available time for content coverage.It requires greater amount of pre-classpreparation time.Large class may be an obstacles especiallyclasses above 40.Some teachers see themselves as goodlecturers and therefore resist the change. Lack of materials or equipment.Students resist the method because activelearning provides a sharp contrast to the familiarpassive listening and note taking.The more difficult obstacles involves oneswillingness to face two types of risksEngaging Students in Active Learning 7
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Behaviours that promote student
learning
Appropriate use of humourPraising student performance
Engaging students outside the classroom
Appropriate level of self disclosure
Encouraging students to talk
Asking questions about students view point or
feeling
Following up on topics raised by students even
when it is not directly related to class material
Referring to our class and we are doing.
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Active Learning Strategies
Active learning strategies are comparable to
lectures for achieving content mastery but
superior to lectures for developing thinking and
writing skills.Think pair write share
Write and pass
Homework teamAcademic controversy
Peer composition group.
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ConclusionWalt Disney rightly stated that our greatest natural
resolves are the minds of our children.
According to Ann Landers in the final analysis it is
now what we do for our children but what you
taught them to do for themselves that will makethem successful human beings.
Engaging students in active leading is the best wayto teach the students so that they can do for
themselves to make them successful human beings
and teachers will look back and thank God that
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Thank you
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