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Terang Bangsa International Programme

Secondary School

Active Learning
Teacher Training Day 1
Hi Teachers!
Welcome to our teacher training
Cambridge Attributes
For Learners and Teachers

01 Confident 03 Reflective
02 Responsible 04 Innovative

02 Engaged
01 Confident

Confident in teaching their subject and engaging each


student in learning.
Cambridge teachers know their subject well and know
how to teach it.
They seek to understand their students and their
educational needs.
They strive to communicate a love of learning and to
encourage students to engage actively in their own
learning.
02 Responsible

Responsible for themselves, responsive to and respectful


of others.
Cambridge teachers are highly professional in their
approach to teaching, and they are collaborative and
supportive.
They understand that their actions will help shape
future generations and they are concerned about the
holistic development of every individual they teach.
03 Reflective

Reflective as learners themselves, developing their


practice
Cambridge teachers are themselves learners, seeking to
build on and develop their knowledge and skills through a
virtuous circle of reflection on practice - involving
research, evaluation and adaptation.
They support students to become independent and
reflective learners.
04 Innovative

Innovative and equipped for new and future challenges.


Cambridge teachers are creative, experimenting with
new ideas and pursuing an enquiring approach in their
teaching.
They are open to new challenges, being resourceful,
imaginative, and flexible.
They are always ready to learn and apply new skills and
techniques.
05 Engaged

Engaged intellectually, professionally and socially, ready


to make a difference.
Cambridge teachers are passionate about learning within
and beyond the classroom, sharing their knowledge and
skills with teachers in the wider educational community.
What is Active Learning?
Active learning is an approach
where learners participate in the
learning process by building
knowledge and understanding. In
schools they will usually do this
in response to learning
opportunities designed by their
teacher.
What does active learning mean?
For learners to make sense of new information and ideas, they
need to make links with existing knowledge, so that they can
process and then understand new material.
It can be contrasted with a passive approach to learning in which
the teacher primarily talks ‘at’ students and simply assumes they
will make sense of what is said without needing to check.
Active learning requires students to think hard and to practise
using new knowledge and skills in order to develop long-term recall
and a deeper understanding, connect different ideas together and
to think creatively, once the initial knowledge base is secure.
The benefits of active learning
knowledge and understanding
01
Active learning builds both knowledge and understanding which
students can then apply to new contexts and problems.

autonomy
02 Active learning fosters students’ learning and their autonomy,
giving them greater involvement and control over their
learning and giving them skills of life-long learning.

active learning does not necessarily require


03 small classes or high resource input
Learner-focused questioning and instruction with well-focused pair and group
discussion can enable active learning in larger groups without high cost

higher-order thinking skills


04 High-quality examinations such as those offered by Cambridge Assessment
International Education require students to have developed higher-order thinking
skills to achieve high grades
The misconceptions of active
learning

Misinterpreting the role of the teacher


The learner is not expected to simply learn by themselves
or in groups without the intervention of the teacher.
The teacher as activator VS the teacher as facilitator. As
an activator, teachers are key agents in leading strategies
which will include direct instruction and teaching. In contrast,
a facilitator role could work better in strategies such as
simulations and gaming, and problem-based learning.
The misconceptions of active
learning

Misconceptions about active learning strategies


Learners moving around the room or undertaking group work.
Active learning is happening if students are thinking hard and
relating their new learning to existing ideas in a way that
enables them to make progress.
Carefully planned direct instruction, involving whole-class
interactions (rather than the teacher just lecturing students
with no follow-up)
Active Learning in Classroom
Review and activate students’
Adequate time to process new
01 prior learning, and help them to 03 information.
make links with new material.

New knowledge should be Develop skills of planning,

02 presented in small steps, with 04 monitoring and evaluating their


opportunities for well- learning
scaffolded practice and review

Build knowledge through speaking,


listening, reading and writing, focused
05 and high-quality dialogue, paired
discussion and group work.
Active Learning in Classroom
Review and activate students’
Adequate time to process new
01 prior learning, and help them to 03 information.
make links with new material.

New knowledge should be Develop skills of planning,

02 presented in small steps, with 04 monitoring and evaluating their


opportunities for well- learning
scaffolded practice and review

Build knowledge through speaking,


listening, reading and writing, focused
05 and high-quality dialogue, paired
discussion and group work.
Assignment

Try to plan a meeting and learning activities in


the classroom that incorporate active learning.
Thank You

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