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Active Learning Environments in Classrooms

An active learning environment engages students directly with the material through activities instead of traditional lectures. It has benefits like increased content knowledge, critical thinking, and positive attitudes towards learning compared to lectures. The document discusses 3 lessons on teaching letters: 1) hiding pictures/letters for students to find, 2) hiding small letters in student seats, and 3) using a smart board to show letter pictures. Most students were engaged in the hidden letters/picture activity because it developed both mental and physical skills through movement. Safety was considered like laminating pictures to avoid harm. Students were made aware of rules and no safety issues arose beyond what the teacher planned for based on student age.

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Active Learning Environments in Classrooms

An active learning environment engages students directly with the material through activities instead of traditional lectures. It has benefits like increased content knowledge, critical thinking, and positive attitudes towards learning compared to lectures. The document discusses 3 lessons on teaching letters: 1) hiding pictures/letters for students to find, 2) hiding small letters in student seats, and 3) using a smart board to show letter pictures. Most students were engaged in the hidden letters/picture activity because it developed both mental and physical skills through movement. Safety was considered like laminating pictures to avoid harm. Students were made aware of rules and no safety issues arose beyond what the teacher planned for based on student age.

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TP Task 2 – Active Learning Environments

Planning activities that allow students to clarify, question, apply, and consolidate new
knowledge.

What is an active learning environment? What are its benefits? How does it link to the
inquiry cycle?

Means students engage with the material, participate in the class, and collaborate with each
other. Increased content knowledge, critical thinking and problem -solving abilities, and
positive attitudes towards learning in comparison to traditional lecture -based delivery.

Reference [Link] -
resources/promoting-active-learning
[Link]

Choose 3 lessons to observe to answer the following questions:

What was the prior


What was the impact of the
What was the activity? learning to this
activity i.e. no. of ss engaged?
lesson?

The teacher hide pictures in class Learning letter G in The whole class was engaged.
and let the children search for Pilipino.
them and say what they see in the
picture.

The teacher had a small letter K’s, Letter K in Pilipino. The whole class was engaged.
she hide them in the children’s
seats and ask the children to
search for it.

Use the smart board to display Review for letters in The whole class was engaged.
pictures of an objects that starts Pilipino.
with different letters, and ask the
children what they can see.
Which activity engaged most students? Why do you think this happened?

Hidden letters, and pictures, because the children move from their place to look for the
hidden items and it develops from their mental, and physical skills.

Record and reflect on the safety components of at least 3 lessons taught whilst on TP.:

The pictures of the objects were laminated


What safety issues were taken into
and ready to use, since it is safe and not
consideration?
hurtful.

The teacher was aware that the students


Were the students made aware of them?
don’t make noise and not getting jealous if
How?
she chose one of them.

Did any safety issues arise in the lesson that Everything was safe and well chosen by the
were not planned for? teacher depending on student’s age.

There are no signage, but the teacher keep


Is there signage in the classroom regarding reminding her students orally about the rules
safety? and make sure they understood and follow
directions.

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