58) I have been encouraged to take an active part in the sessions Active learning means that students are engaged in their learning; doing things and thinking about what they are doing and not simply passively absorbing the information provided by the teacher. · ‘Active participation’ techniques are reviewed on pp. 39-40 and 71-75 of Cannon & Newble (Cannon & Newble, 2000) · ‘Introducing active learning in lectures’ pp. 58-64 of Gibbs & Habeshaw (1989) outlines three strategies. This is followed by a brief review of asking questions in lectures (pp.65-66) · A number of active learning strategies are provided in Issues of Teaching and Learning (Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, 2001)
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