Interactive Teaching Students doing more than half the

Interactive Teaching “Students doing more than half the talking” Challenges students to become involved in discussion- reflecting on opinions and judgements with peers and teachers

What is it? Encourages student lead learning Teachers utilise case studies or other support materials including: Total physical responses- studies show when physical activity is involved students retain more information Utilising competitions and tests- impulse for competition focuses engagement Pop culture engagement- so students identify with problem Jigsaw puzzle- group work Social network pages- generation used to social media/blogs

Teachers: Need skills in leading discussions, asking well framed questions and being prepared for follow up questions During the session teachers must keep track of – the facts of the case, the substantive concepts explained using the case, the process of discussion (including getting everyone involved, key positions are getting discussed)

Why Interactive Teaching? Aim of interactive teaching is to draw on the students experiences. This can be centred on an object such as a video clip, role play, case study discussion etc. Why does it work? - It gives practical shape and illustration to concepts. The aim is to focus on people as decision makers so that students can develop and understanding of being ‘in the shoes’ of people they may be learning about. Students prefer interactive teaching to traditional lectures Encourages students to organise their thoughts, then articulate this to the class

Benefits include: lack of competition ( all working towards common goal) increasing self-esteem, attitude to schooling life skills improve

Interactive Teaching Process Co –operative learning- team approach to learn 3 ways - learning partners, small group projects, whole class projects Class expectations/ rules provided Outcome is active engagement Process involves: Talk about previous lesson Teacher discusses main concepts of the days lesson Give questions based on learning ( interactive discussion) Ask the whole class if they understand what was discussed Cement knowledge through concluding discussion