How Do We Encourage Active Learning In Children?

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How Do We Encourage Active Learning In Children?
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Our education systems are built in a way that, at
most times, learners remain passive in a learning
environment. Teachers talk to the students,
narrating and teaching the topics while students
remain mere listeners. Active learning approaches
can create a different environment where students
need to think hard and constantly make use of the
new information they have learnt. This makes them
active participants in the learning journey and
enables them to better understand the concepts.
In this blog, we try to understand what active
learning is and how we can encourage this
practice in children, especially in their early
years of education.
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Active learning is a student-centred approach
involving problem-based learning or experiential
learning. The idea is to constantly interact and
learn with the flow. The simplest example of this
is the small role plays students are asked to do
in class to explain a concept or the moral of a
story. Instead of a teacher narrating a story,
when students come up with a small skit
themselves, they learn a lot more and the idea
remains etched in their minds. Such play-based
learning is actively implemented in Manthan.
Understanding Active Learning
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There are several active learning approaches and
a single approach never works for everyone. So,
we need to explore it through different
experiments and projects. We can start small by
implementing in-class poll questions. We can
conduct quizzes after teaching a lesson to check
students understanding of the concept. We can
divide students into groups and encourage them to
discuss a certain topic before the lesson is
taught in class.
Exploring through experiments and projects
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Nowadays, there are a lot of online resources
that are available for help. These resources help
teachers and students to experience active
learning. The audio-visual medium also helps
children retain attention. We can use educational
apps to teach them a concept and follow it up
with small question-and-answer sessions.
Using Educational Apps and Online Resources
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In early years education, connecting learning
topics with real-life examples is the basic yet
most effective way to get students actively
engaged in a classroom scenario. An interesting
anecdote can often simplify the explanation of a
concept, and students should also be encouraged
to share their own. When we finally connect the
dots, the students will learn the concept and
also know how to relate it to real-life scenarios.
Linking Classroom Lessons To Real-Life Scenarios
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Teachers must always evaluate the impact of
strategies to ensure that they help children
learn easily. Play-based learning helps students
take responsibility for their learning. As they
actively engage in learning something, they
construct their knowledge and develop their
skills, which helps their metacognition process,
where they develop a critical awareness about
their learning behaviour and can self-evaluate
their strengths and weaknesses as a learner. Such
a practice goes a long way in not just improving
their learning abilities but also in shaping a
better version of an individuals personality and
improving their level of confidence.
Conclusion
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Manthans Approach To Active Learning
At Manthan, a range of effective methods and
examples are employed to enhance student
learning. Hands-on activities are utilised by
teachers to actively engage students, such as
building solar system models or conducting
science experiments. Additionally, students are
involved in project-based learning, providing
them with opportunities to apply classroom
knowledge to real-world problems, such as
designing robots or creating public service
announcements. Discussions are encouraged,
fostering critical thinking and peer learning.
They also focus on in-depth learning of different
subjects through activities specifically designed
for the subject (Literati for English, Samanvay
for Social, Srijan for Math and Science,
Abhilasha for Hindi, etc.) Moreover, Manthan
recognises the value of creativity and
self-expression, encouraging students to explore
their artistic abilities through activities like
art, music, writing, and more.
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How Can Kids Learn Actively?

• The flipped classroom approach is effective
  across all grades and levels. Students are
  equipped to study and research concepts, and
  activity-based learning reinforces them.
• Research-based learning increases student
  interest by requiring group work to examine and
  research numerous themes. Before starting the
  study, groups are divided and research stages are
  explained. Students are provided an overview of
  research processes before researching a topic
  utilising books, papers, online tools, etc.
• Peer learning is another active learning method.
  This helps kids appreciate each others
  perspectives, accept each others opinions, and
  learn from each other. This is used in addition
  to classroom instruction.
• Some themes are integrated with other disciplines
  to teach students that no subject can be studied
  alone. This sort of active learning teaches
  pupils to analyse and evaluate multiple subjects
  at once.

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Our Class
Manthan runs classes from Jr KG to class 12 at
its Tellapur Campus. It is affiliated with
Cambridge Board (CAIE) and CBSE. Manthan is
celebrating a decade of excellence in delivering
quality education especially under Cambridge
Board.
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