Are you interested in cultivating students' ability to work towards consensus, particularly in group work? Look back at this chapter in the “100 Ideas for Active Learning” (Betts & Oprandi, 2022) book where Eugenia Tzoumaka presents an an active learning idea building on the rationale of the traditional team-building scenarios, which is ideal for courses where… Continue reading Idea #13: To agree or not to agree? Working towards consensus under conditions of mutual respect
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Idea #16 Developing student characters for PBL
Are you looking for innovative ways to support your students transition in Higher Education? Explore how a course has introduced 'student characters' to help students explore student support issues and personal development, through a Problem Based Learning approach. Find out more in the chapter "Student characters for a Problem-Based Learning (PBL) approach to university life"… Continue reading Idea #16 Developing student characters for PBL
Idea #12 Silence is golden
Are you looking for ways to make your classrooms more democratic and inclusive, while helping your students to develop reflective and critical thinking skills? Find out how to apply 'silent discussions' in your own context, by reading the chapter "Silence is golden: using silent discussions to promote inclusivity and critical thinking" (Spowart, 2022) in 100 Ideas… Continue reading Idea #12 Silence is golden
Idea #52 A picture is worth a thousand words
Would you like to help your students develop those essential metacognitive skills, through a peer-feedback activity? Get inspired by reading the chapter "A picture is worth a thousand words" (Cherestes and Scneider, 2022) in 100 ideas for Active Learning (Betts & Oprandi, 2022), where peer-feedback activities are embedded in an Organic Chemistry Class. Access the… Continue reading Idea #52 A picture is worth a thousand words
Idea #63: Carousel for developing collaborative and critical thinking skills
Looking for inspiring ideas to help your students develop those collaborative and critical thinking skills? Look back to a interesting chapter on "Introducing contemporary controversial subjects through a carousel" (Magkoufopoulou, 2022) in 100 ideas for Active Learning (Betts & Oprandi, 2022) Access the chapter Share with us Leave your comments with your experiences of applying… Continue reading Idea #63: Carousel for developing collaborative and critical thinking skills
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