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Game-changing Strategies for an Active Learning Classroom

Master the cutting-edge strategies to create an active learning classroom for enhanced student engagement and outcomes.  Learn from a domain expert with three decades of experience.

By taking this course participants will be able to:

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About Course

The STTAR self-paced learning module on ‘Active Learning’ examines what exactly it means for a child to be ‘actively’ learning. Besides studying the general benefits of Active Learning and the shifts we should be ready for, the course will cover several easy-to-use strategies along with examples across subjects and grades. It will reveal useful techniques to reach out to maximum number of students in your class. Some of the key areas that will be simply and vividly explained include: questioning styles, prompts that trigger thinking, diverse activities that can be employed at various stages of the lesson (beginning, middle and end), the art of staying on track with the desired learning outcomes and the all-important relationship between the lesson plan, the learning outcome and assessment.

Some wise person said…If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you.
Active Learning is the best way to tap into the potential of a mind that is agile, mentally stimulated, all revved up, and continually ticking. The age has dawned where having a classroom wherein students are not energised, impassioned and actively engaged is not an option.
Quite simply put, ‘Active Learning’ is an approach to instruction that involves actively engaging students with the course material. But how?
The STTAR self-paced learning module on ‘Active Learning’ examines what exactly it means for a child to be ‘actively’ learning. Besides studying the general benefits of Active Learning and the shifts we should be ready for, the course will cover several easy-to-use strategies along with examples across subjects and grades. It will reveal useful techniques to reach out to maximum number of students in your class. Some of the key areas that will be simply and vividly explained include: questioning styles, prompts that trigger thinking, diverse activities that can be employed at various stages of the lesson (beginning, middle and end), the art of staying on track with the desired learning outcome and the all-important relationship between the lesson plan, the learning outcome and assessment.
The content for the course is created by Ms. Sarita Mathur, a senior education consultant with over three decades of experience in education. Ms. Mathur has expertise in teaching, curriculum design, leadership and training. A popular STTAR trainer, she is the instructor for this not-to-be-missed course on Active Learning.

About Instructor

Sarita Mathur

Education Consultant

Sarita Mathur is an education consultant and a teacher trainer offering services to schools both rural and urban, in India and abroad. An alumna of St. Stephen’s College, she has a degree in Education and a post-graduate degree in Operations Research. With six years of experience at the India Today group of publications, Sarita joined the education industry and went on to head The Shri Ram School, Gurgaon, as Principal.
The Mathematics background and her well-honed sense of systems and processes with an eye for detail had her institutionalize several long lasting and important changes
within the school ecosystem. Ms Sarita has served as a consultant on the International curriculum of the CBSE and also serves as advisor/consultant to several curriculum companies, schools and start-up ventures.
A much sought-after workshop leader, she has trained hundreds of teachers in India and the Middle East, mentored Principals, and spoken at several international and national conferences.
Course Duration

3 hours

No. of Videos

26

No. of Handouts

5

No. of Assessment

3

This Course Is For

All Educators; All Subjects

Access Duration

Lifetime Access

Assured Certification

STTAR E-Learning Certificate

Subscribers

239

Course Duration

3 hours

No. of Videos

26

No. of Handouts

5

No. of Assessment

3

This Course Is For

All Educators; All Subjects

Access Duration

Lifetime Access

Assured Certification

STTAR E-Learning Certificate

Subscribers

239

Course Structure

  • 2.1- What is AL
  • 2.2- A Brief History
  • 3.1- Cone of Learning
  • 3.2- Multisensory Approach
  • 3.3- Identifying an AL Question
  • Assessment 1 (based on Modules 1,2 and 3)
  • 4.1- The Relationship between LOs, LPs and Assessment
  • 4.2- Purposeful Questioning
  • 4.3- Questioning Strategy Part 1
  • 4.4- Questioning Strategy Part 2
  • 4.5- Questioning and higher-order thinking
  • 4.6- Questioning Strategy Part 3
  • 5.1- Tips and Techniques
  • 5.2- AL… all the way!
  • 6.1- Beginning of the Lesson Part 1
  • 6.2- Beginning of the Lesson Part 2
  • Assessment 2 (based on Modules 4, 5 and 6)
  • 7.1- Middle of the Lesson Part 1
  • 7.2- Middle of the Lesson Part 2
  • 7.3- Middle of the Lesson Part 3
  • 8.1- End of the Lesson Part 1
  • 8.2- End of the Lesson Part 2
  • 8.3- End of the Lesson Part 3
  • 8.4- End of the Lesson Part 4
  • 9.1- Shifts and considerations
  • 9.2- Talk time and other suggestions
  • 9.3- Benefits and wrap-up
  • Assessment 3 (based on Modules 7,8 and 9)
  • Edgar Dale’s Cone of Learning
  • Jigsaw Formation Strategy
  • Purposeful Questioning and Prompts
  • Some popular digital tools for Active Learning
  • Strategies for the various parts of the Lesson

Course FAQs

‘Active Learning’ is an approach to instruction that involves actively engaging students with the course material.

All K-12 educators, all subjects

Teachers will have students that are involved, attentive and excited to learn thereby making teaching more gratifying and pleasurable. They will be able to cover the intended content in a more holistic fashion and merge learning objectives seamlessly finding themselves artfully progressing with the ‘syllabus’ at a delightful and meaningful pace.

Students who are part of an AL teaching environment experience an enhanced ‘joy’ quotient in daily lessons. At a deeper level they will notice enhanced conceptual understanding, better retention, improved comprehension and a better ‘connect’ with the course content.

Yes, many. All with examples.

A teacher can complete this course at her or his own pace and comfort. In one stretch running, it would take approx 3 hours.

No, but it is recommended participants do them for more complete learning

You will receive three assessments during the course.

Earn The STTAR Certificate

All participants will receive a highly valued Certificate of Participation from STTAR and its global partners Global Education Futures and The Weaving Lab from Netherlands.

After finishing the course, you will get a Certificate from STTAR in collabration with our Global Partners – Global Education Futures and The Weaving Lab.

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