Reflection no.11

Activity based

Concept:

•  is the form of teaching where the learner is actively engaged in a task.
•  focus is on making the abstract concrete and on learning by doing.
•  can be teacher-driven - with direction from an instructor - or learner-driven with the learner having freedom to explore.

7 principles

1. Encourages Contacts Between Students and Faculty.
2.  Develops Reciprocity and Cooperation Among Students.
3. Practice Uses Active Learning Techniques.
4. Gives Prompt Feedback.
5.  Emphasizes Time on Task.
6. Communicates High Expectations.
7. Respects Diverse Talents and Ways of Learning.

Kinds of learning activity

• Absorb-type

-include presentations, demonstrations, stories, and field trips

-informs the learner 

• Do-type

-include practice, discovery, and playing games

-allows the learner to practice what they’ve learned

-learner is able to actively seek, select, and create knowledge 

• Connect-type

-provide a way to link learning to life, work and future learning .

-lets the learner put what they’ve learned to use.

Criteria for organizing activities

•   Should be relevant

• Time bound

• Should contain meaning

•  Involves real world experiences

•  Involves skills (listening, speaking, writing, etc….)

• Engage cognitive progress. (selecting, classifying, ordering and reasoning) 
•  Have particular out come.

Procedural Steps

Four major steps:

Planning

Instructions

Monitoring

Evaluating

Roles of teacher

- Plan and prepare in advance.

-Giving instruction.

-Facilitating.

-Debriefing.

-Clarifying learner’s doubts.

-Set up routines and expectations for learning.

-Monitor the results using appropriate assessment strategies and recording devices, e.g., checklists, rubrics etc.

-Choose activities that are relevant and stimulating for students.

-Provide opportunities for students to present to an appropriate audience. Observe group dynamics and co-operation.

-Support and encourage students