As an educator bringing 17 years of secondary school experience to a higher education context, I have continued to develop my interest in pedagogy through my work on a postgraduate course in learning ...

These tips demonstrate that planning for active learning experiences doesn’t have to be time-intensive or difficult.

While it might be tempting to view “active learning” as another educational buzzword, a large body of research demonstrates that active and collaborative classrooms produce deeper and more ...

Scott Freeman and the other scholars behind a new study comparing the efficacy of lectures with more "active" forms of instruction in the science classroom are not aiming low in describing the ...

In part 3 of this series, Helen Moylett focuses on how motivation and mindset underpin active learning Active learning is all about motivation – the will to learn. It is the reason we commit to being ...

Introduction: What is Active Learning? Active learning can be defined as any strategy “that involves students in doing things and thinking about the things they are doing” (Bonwell & Eison, 1991, p.5) ...

Active learning is fundamentally about student engagement and participation. It involves students going beyond passive listening in lectures or ‘sitting back and being fed information’ to ‘learning by ...