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Providing opportunities for active learning: assessing incidence and impact
Author(s) -
Halsall Rob,
Cockett Mike
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
the curriculum journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.843
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1469-3704
pISSN - 0958-5176
DOI - 10.1080/0958517970090304
Subject(s) - active learning (machine learning) , presentation (obstetrics) , psychology , political science , knowledge management , public relations , computer science , artificial intelligence , medicine , radiology
An active learning methodology has been advanced by a number of people as a means of promoting more meaningful and effective learning and has underpinned initiatives in schools such as TVEI. However, while there is an extensive literature concerning principles and pedagogy, there have been few attempts to assess the incidence of the provision of active learning opportunities or, indeed, to assess whether such learning has been effected. Two major attempts are reviewed prior to the presentation and discussion of new data which were gathered utilizing newly developed sets of indicators of the provision of active learning opportunities and of active learning itself. The article concludes with a discussion of the constraints on such provision and of the reasons why a renewed focus on active learning might be imminent.