Title: Active learning in secondary and college science classrooms : a working model for helping the learner to learn /
Authors: Michael, Joel A., 1940-; Modell, Harold I.
Publisher: L. Erlbaum Associates,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Science Study and teaching (Secondary); Science Study and teaching (Higher)
Abstract: "The working model for "helping the learner to learn" presented in this book is relevant to any teaching context, but the focus here is on teaching in secondary and college science classrooms. Specifically, the goals of the text are to: help secondary- and college-level science faculty examine and redefine their roles in the classroom; define for science teachers a framework for thinking about active learning and the creation of an active learning environment; and provide science faculty with the assistance they need to begin building successful active learning environments in their classrooms." "Active Learning in Secondary and College Science Classrooms: A Working Model for Helping the Learner to Learn is motivated by fundamental changes in education in response to perceptions that students are not adequately acquiring the knowledge and skills necessary to meet current educational and economic goals. The premise of this book is that students are responsible for their learning and the instructor's job is to help the learner engage in a process that leads to increased knowledge, skills, and performance. It is a valuable resource for all teacher trainers in science education and for all high school and college science teachers."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Building the Foundation for an Approach to Active Learning -- What Is Learning and How Does It Occur? -- Meaningful Learning and Problem Solving in Science -- A Model for the Learning Environment -- Roles for the Teacher in Creating an Active Learning Environment -- Defining the Output State -- Assessing the Input State: The Teacher as Diagnostician -- Moving From the Input to the Output State: The Learning Experience -- Creating Active Learning Environments -- Preparing Students to Participate in an Active -- Learning Environment -- Creating an Active Learning Environment in the Science Lecture Hall -- Promoting Active Learning in the "Conference Room" -- Helping the Learner to Learn in the Student Laboratory -- New Approaches to Science Learning: Cooperative and Collaborative Learning -- Assessment in an Active Learning Environment -- Assessment of Student Performance -- How Do I Know It's Working? -- The Teacher as a Reflective Practitioner -- Summing Up -- The Challenges of Helping the Learner to Learn -- The Challenges of Helping the Learner to Learn -- Building a Community of Active Learning Practitioners -- The Bottom Line.