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Youth Engagement Through Schools: Active Learning
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This page lists resources on active, cooperative learning, related themes, concepts and practices. The most effective way to engage students in schools is to teach them in an engaging manner and to incorporate student voice in decisions about teaching practice. Active learning, cooperative learning, project-based learning and problem learning are all terms used to describe teaching methods that engage learners. These methods are based on theories about learning that include constructivist approaches, where the current knowledge, skills and interests of the students are taken into account in deciding what will be learned and how it will be learned. More recently, concepts such as student voice in teaching and democratic or invitational education have been used to describe a comprehensive approach to these topics.
Please review the pages for more on project-based learning, engaging students through online learning and in community service learning.
Explanations, Evidence, Planning/Best Practices Guides, Assessment /Evaluation Tools, Online Training/Training Programs, Programs/Materials, Examples
Explanations (Summaries, Articles, Fact Sheets)
Incorporating Student Voice Into Teaching Practice
(ERIC Clearinghouse on Teaching and Teacher Education)
Creating
Safe Schools through Invitational Education. ERIC Digest (ERIC
Clearinghouse on Counseling and Student Services)
The
Essential Elements of Cooperative Learning in the Classroom. ERIC Digest
(ERIC Clearinghouse on Social Studies/Social Science Education)
Cooperative
Learning Strategies and Children (ERIC Clearinghouse on elementary and
Early Childhood Education)
Engaging Kids
(Funderstanding)
Meaningful, Engaged Learning
(North Central Regional Educational Laboratory)
The Power of
Students' Voices (North Central Regional Educational Laboratory)
Active
Learning (ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science
Education)
Active Learing: Creating
Excitement in the Classroom. ERIC Digest (ERIC Database)
Civic
Education in Schools. ERIC Digest (ERIC Clearinghouse for Social
Studies/Social Science Education)
Incorporating Student Voice into Teaching Practice. ERIC Digest (ERIC
Clearinghouse on Teaching and Teacher Education)
The Concept
of Citizenship in Education for Democracy. ERIC Digest (ERIC
Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education)
Constructivism (University of Colorado)
Constructing Knowledge in the Classroom (Southwest Educational
Development Laboratory)
The Impact of an Experiential Learning Environment on Secondary STudents
(Dr. Stirling McDowell Foundation)
Student: How They
View Learning and Their Schools (Southwest Educational Development
Laboratory)
Project-Based and
Problem-Based: The Same or Different? (The Multimedia Project)
Working Toward Student Self-Direction
(Northwest Central Regional Education Laboratory)
Democratic School Practices (North
Central Regional Educational Laboratory)
Critical Issue: Building on Prior Knowledge and Meaningful Student
Contexts/Cultures (North Central Regional Educational Laboratory)
Changing
Schools through Experiential Education. ERIC Digest (ERIC Clearinghouse
on Rural Education and Small Schools)
Education
for Engagement in Civil Society and Government. ERIC Digest (ERIC
Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education)-
What Does Research
Say About Outcomes From Project-based Learning? (The Multimedia Project)
Constructivist Theory
(J. Bruner)
Experiential Learning
(C. Rogers)
Planning/Best Practices Guides
Problem-based Learning (AskERIC)
Empowerment Education (Fostering Engagement)
The Essentials of
Democratic Teaching (North Central Regional Educational Laboratory)
Student-Led Conferences (ERIC
Learninghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education)
The Big6 Research Process (AskERIC)
Constructivism (AskERIC)
Simulations in the Classroom (AskERIC)
Strategies in
Health Education (Illinois State University)
Instructional Approaches (Saskatchewan Education)
Project-based Learning (Quebec
Ministry of Education)
Classroom Strategies (University of Lethbridge)
Engaging Kids
(Funderstanding)
Assessment /Evaluation Tools
Online Training/Training Programs
Project-based Learning
(Quebec Ministry of Education)
Self-Study
(ProTeacher)
Paideia (Paideia Active
Learning)
This
summary has been prepared with funding provided by the
Population
Health Fund, Health Canada
Key Resources
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Experiential Learning Techniques
(University of Lethbridge) |
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Getting Engaged to Learning (Online
College of Teachers) |
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Instructional Models (Saskatchewan
Education) |
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Project Approach (University of
Alberta) |
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Working Toward Student Self-Direction
(Northwest Central Regional Education Laboratory) |
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Democratic School Practices (North
Central Regional Educational Laboratory) |
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Student-Led Conferences (ERIC
Learninghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education) |
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Project-based Learning (Quebec
Ministry of Education) |
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Incorporating Student Voice Into Teaching
Practice (ERIC Clearinghouse on Teaching and Teacher
Education) |
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Classroom Strategies (University of Lethbridge) |