Promoting Active Learning: Strategies for the College Classroom

by Chet Meyers, Thomas B. Jones

Gives an abundance of practical advice on how active learning techniques can be used by teachers across the disciplines. Using real-life examples, the authors discuss how various small-group exercises, simulations, and case studies can be blAnded with the technological and human resources available outside the classroom. The book is engagingly written for all classroom teachers.
--Stephen Brookfield, distinguished professor of education, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota

Genres: Teaching

224 pages, Hardcover

First published May 11, 1993

Reviews

[Lisa Pavia-higel]

Some good ideas, and got me thinking. However, I agree that the information is very dated, and most of the justification the authors present, their case for Active Learning is now largely considered "common knowledge". That said, the modalities section was very good for giving me ideas and helping me to streamline some activities that have not gone as well as I would like. worth a skim.

A side note, their discussion of " emerging tech" which includes transparencies and microcomputer simulations I think illustrate both how far we have come and how ubiquitous issues of technology and student distraction are in the classroom.