Active Learning As Teaching Strategies
Most people recall their high school and undergraduate education in fragments. Atoms possess a property called valency. Great Britain has no constitution, but is a constitutional monarchy Many students have trouble using such discrete, disembodied facts. Yet most people define "education" as the delivery and storage of such "facts" and think of lectures as the most efficient form of delivery. However, how many of us can accurately and concisely explain how blood courses through the body? How changes in interest rates affect stock market indicators or currency exchange rates? And how does a bill move through Congress ? This paper introduces a version of active learning called problem-based learning (PBL). Several factors are reshaping the educational environment and compelling teachers to reconsider how and what to teach. Business is restructuring. Governmen t is trying to restructure. Our economy and culture are in flux. Why should schools and their curricula and ...
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