Folk Pedagogy: Nobody Doesn't Like Active Learning
ICER(2017)
Abstract
In a survey of the computing education community, many respondents suggested \"active learning\" as a teaching approach that would increase the likelihood of student success. In light of these responses, we analyze the way in which active learning is described in the computing-education literature. We find a strong consensus that active learning is good, but a lack of precision in how the term is used, often without definition, to describe instructional techniques, rather than student learning. In addition, active learning techniques are often discussed as if they were all equally effective. We suggest that making clear distinctions, both between teaching techniques and active learning and among the teaching techniques, would be fruitful for both instructors and researchers. Finally, we propose some dimensions along which distinctions among techniques could usefully be made.
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Key words
Active learning, Activity, Folk pedagogy, Reflection, Social interaction, Techniques
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