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?
Active learning to describe a classroom approach which acknowledges that learners are
active in the learning process by building knowledge and understanding in response to
learning opportunities provided by their teacher. This contrasts with a model of instruction
whereby knowledge is imparted or transmitted from the teacher to students. Active
learning means that learners take increasing responsibility for their learning, and that
teachers are enablers and activators of learning, rather than lecturers or deliverers of ideas.
Active learning fosters understanding (rather than rote learning facts), which students can
then apply to diverse contexts and problems. enquiry-based, problem-based or discovery
learning, where learners learn by addressing and posing scientific questions, analyzing
evidence, connecting such evidence to pre-existing theoretical knowledge, drawing
conclusions, and reflecting upon their findings (Active learning, 2017).
Reference

Active learning. (2017). Retrieved from cambridge international:

http://www.cambridgeinternational.org/Images/271174-active-
learning.pdf

Choose 3 lessons to observe to answer the following questions:

What was the activity?
Creating a caterpillar
Printing duck by their hand
Feeding the shapes
What was the prior
What was the impact of the
learning to this
activity i.e. no. of ss engaged?
lesson?
Caterpillar picture Know the /c/ sound, identify
how the caterpillar look
Duck puppet Identify sound /d/ and develop
their hands-on experience
Video shapes song Classify the shapes
 Which activity engaged most students? Why do you think this happened?
Feeding the shape, because it was new idea for them, colorful and interesting way to learn
the shapes and how to classify them.

Record and reflect on the safety components of at least 3 lessons taught while on TP.:
What safety issues were taken into
consideration?
Were the students made aware of them?
How?
Did any safety issues arise in the lesson that
were not planned for?
Is there signage in the classroom regarding
safety?
For cutting, we let the assistant cut the
shapes and give the children to stick it on
the right place.
Because the type of the scissors is provided
are not suitable for their age, they may get
hurt. The teacher explains the consequences
if they used this scissor.
No
Yes
 Task 2 Reflection

The theory of social constructivism says that learning happens primarily through social
interaction with others, such as a teacher or a learner’s peers. One prominent social
constructivist, Lev Vygotsky (1896–1934), described the zone of proximal development
(ZPD). This is the area where learning activities should be Active learning We use ‘active
learning’ to describe a classroom approach which acknowledges that learners are active in the
learning process by building knowledge and understanding in response to learning
opportunities provided by their teacher. This contrasts with a model of instruction whereby
knowledge is imparted or transmitted from the teacher to students. For Cambridge, active
learning means that learners take increasing responsibility for their learning, and that teachers
are enablers and activators of learning, rather than lecturers or deliverers of ideas. focused,
lying between what the learner can achieve independently and what the learner can achieve
with the teacher’s expert guidance. By scaffolding tasks, providing guidance and support that
challenges the learner based on their current ability, and through providing rich feedback
using assessment for learning (see separate Education Brief), the teacher actively helps
students develop deeper levels of understanding.