Active Learning: From Participation to Purposeful Learning
Transform student participation into meaningful learning through practical strategies that promote thinking, collaboration, inquiry, and active engagement.
Overview
Active learning is more than keeping students busy. This workshop explores how educators can design purposeful learning experiences that actively involve students in thinking, discussing, investigating, creating, and applying their learning.
Participants explore practical strategies that can be adapted across subjects and age groups while maintaining a clear focus on intended learning outcomes.
Why Choose This Workshop?
If you want to move beyond activities that simply keep students occupied and create learning experiences that genuinely engage them in thinking and learning, this workshop provides practical strategies that can be applied immediately. Participants leave with approaches that can make everyday lessons more interactive, purposeful, and student-centered.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
- Distinguish between participation and meaningful active learning.
- Select active-learning strategies appropriate to different learning objectives.
- Design activities that promote thinking, collaboration, and student engagement.
- Increase student responsibility and participation in the learning process.
- Apply practical active-learning strategies within their own lessons.
Target Audience
Teachers, Teaching Assistants, Subject Coordinators, Heads of Department