A Deeper Look Into Next Generation Active Learning Designs for Educational Leader Preparation

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 167-172
Author(s):  
Shelby Cosner
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Educational Leader ◽  
Leader Preparation ◽  
Case Based Learning ◽  
Pedagogical Approaches ◽  
Case Based

Although active learning designs are recognized as elemental to stronger learning designs, there is limited literature on active learning pedagogical approaches for use in educational leader preparation. This article names problem- and case-based learning, simulations, and action research as “first generation” active learning pedagogical approaches and previews a set of “next generation” active learning pedagogical approaches that are the focus of and explored more deeply in this Special Issue.

Practical and Case-Based Methods in Teaching and Learning

2022 ◽  
pp. 148-179
Author(s):  
Laura Elizabeth Hand
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Communicative Language Teaching ◽  
Experiential Knowledge ◽  
The Us ◽  
Case Based Learning ◽  
Environmental Adaptability ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Case Based

This chapter (re)introduces practical learning methods to the reader. Focusing on multimodality, authenticity, engagement, and environmental adaptability, this chapter breaks down practicality in a rapidly changing learning environment and provides a brief overview of three practical approaches. Combining industry-developed knowledge of agile strategies with experiential knowledge of frontline, metric-driven innovations in teaching, learning, and eLearning, this chapter also showcases blueprints for establishing a sustainable foundation for the growing architecture of eLearning in the US and internationally. The chapter is designed to model the chapter's content for the reader, actively involving readers across modalities in the processes of refining an understanding of practical methods and approaches, including (1) case-based learning, (2) active learning, and (3) communicative learning (as a corollary to communicative language teaching).

scholarly journals Use of case-based or hands-on laboratory exercises with physiology lectures improves knowledge retention, but veterinary medicine students prefer case-based activities

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renee M. McFee ◽  
Andrea S. Cupp ◽  
Jennifer R. Wood
Keyword(s):  
Veterinary Medicine ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Student Attitudes ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Case Based Learning ◽  
Survey Responses ◽  
Case Based

Didactic lectures are prevalent in physiology courses within veterinary medicine programs, but more active learning methods have also been utilized. Our goal was to identify the most appropriate learning method to augment the lecture component of our physiology course. We hypothesized that case-based learning would be well received by students and would be more effective at helping them learn physiological concepts compared with more traditional laboratory exercises. In this study, approximately one-half of the laboratory sessions for the two-semester course were dedicated to traditional hands-on laboratory exercises, whereas the remaining one-half of the sessions were dedicated to case-based exercises. The lecture portion of the course was not altered. Student attitudes were evaluated after each session and at the end of each semester via quantitative and qualitative survey questions. Student performance was evaluated using section exams and end-of-semester posttests. The vast majority of survey responses received were positive for both cased-based activities and traditional hands-on laboratories. In addition, participation in both types of active learning activities, but not lecture, was associated with retention of conceptual knowledge based on student performance between the section exams and posttests ( P < 0.002). These results indicate that both case-based learning and laboratory exercises are beneficial learning activities to incorporate into a lecture-based physiology course. However, positive survey responses were significantly greater following case-based activities vs. traditional hands-on laboratories, and only participation in case-based activities resulted in greater student performance on the posttest ( P < 0.04). Therefore, case-based activities may be the preferred supplemental learning activity for veterinary medical physiology.

scholarly journals PBL ou PBLs: a Customização do Mecanismo de Aprendizagem Baseada em Problemas na Educação Contábil

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Fábio Frezatti ◽  
Daiana Bragueto Martins
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Business Administration ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Problem Case ◽  
Case Based Learning ◽  
Case Based

O objetivo desta pesquisa é tratar da questão da customização de técnicas alternativas do Problem-based Learning (PBL) nos cursos de graduação e de especialização. A análise volta-se para experiências docentes em que as vertentes Problem-based Learning (One-day One-problem), Case-based Learning e Project-based Learning se apresentam como elementos adicionais para o aperfeiçoamento do ambiente educacional da área de negócios, particularmente, da contabilidade, respeitando o conhecimento previamente adquirido pelos alunos e proporcionando a integração com o seu contexto profissional. Nesse sentido, o artigo contribui para o entendimento dos vários tipos de mecanismos relacionados à utilização de problemas no ensino da contabilidade. A investigação empírica aconteceu a partir da utilização da abordagem action research em meio a casos constituídos por turmas de graduação de forma a evidenciar experiências vivenciadas em disciplinas de controle gerencial ofertadas tanto no curso de graduação em Ciências Contábeis da FEA-USP como em cursos de pós-graduação lato sensu (Master in Business Administration – MBA) no cenário brasileiro. Entre os resultados da pesquisa destacam-se os seguintes fatos: a literatura não é convergente em relação a aspectos estruturais, e a aplicação do PBL não deve ser feita de uma única maneira, mas sim com formatos diferentes de abordagem, observando a maturidade dos alunos, a complexidade dos elementos considerados, o tempo disponível para a disciplina e o objetivo em si (discussão e/ou implementação da solução).

scholarly journals Guest editorial

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. vii-viii
Author(s):  
Eva Infante Mora ◽  
Davydd J. Greenwood ◽  
Melina Ivanchikova
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Behavioural Change ◽  
Collaborative Action Research ◽  
Continuous Group ◽  
Reform Process ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Action Research Project

This special issue is devoted to a study of an action research-based reform of a US university study abroad programme to make it a genuine intercultural immersion experience. The four-year collaborative reform process combined participatory organisational redesign, the development of a comprehensive active learning approach and the teaching of intercultural competence through ethnographic immersion and community engagement in Seville, Spain. The case is an example of the development of intercultural competencies through guided behavioural change, of action research to reform higher education programmes and of active learning combined with formative and summative evaluation. The reader will learn about the experiences of the staff, faculty and mentors in the Consortium for Advanced Studies Abroad (CASA)-Sevilla study abroad programme and those of the sponsoring US universities as they together achieved a fundamental reform of a decades-old study abroad immersion programme. This special issue has many authors because this was a collaborative action-research project with continuous group work and brainstorming. The authors’ names are placed in the sections where the authorship is clear, but, as befits a collaboration, many of the ideas are the result of the combined thinking of all the authors. Authorship of the various sections has been allocated mainly to clarify for readers the most relevant author to contact to learn more about particular dimensions of the process. The guest editors took on the editorial duties on behalf of this larger group.

scholarly journals PEDAGOGICAL ENCOUNTERS OF THE CASE-BASED KIND

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 234
Author(s):  
Heather Sanrud ◽  
Patti Ranahan
Keyword(s):  
Youth Care ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Child And Youth Care ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Case Based Learning ◽  
Pedagogical Approaches ◽  
Case Based

Child and youth care (CYC) practice is diverse, complex, and contextualized. Pedagogical approaches to preparing CYC professionals in pre-service education programs require learning activities that recognize the “inter-subjective, contingent, and context dependent character of everyday CYC work” (White, 2007, p. 241). Case-based learning activities are advantageous in preparing future professionals for the complexities of everyday CYC work. These activities provide students with an opportunity to explore CYC practice in an authentic way while being supported by instructors who model, coach, and engage students throughout the process. This paper describes the organic evolution of the case of “Allan” at the beginning of a year-long CYC course facilitated by a team of instructors. The case of Allan continued to develop throughout the course in an authentic fashion mirroring the realities of CYC work with individuals and families over   time. Allan provided a way of situating course content as well as supporting students’ application of new knowledge and skills to practice situations.

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