INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES TO MAKE A LAERNER AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN A CLASSROOM

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     SUHAILATH T A



It is important to make students active in classroom to maintain their interest for learning and increase their participation in studies. Both parents and teachers have an important role  in improving their spirit for learning. Teacher plays an active role in learning process. A smiling phase and an active attitude towards the pupil can transform a passive listener to a active leaner. Helping them to stay active in the classroom through interactive sessions maintains the interest of the learner and make the classroom a productive one. Following are some active

Learn with fun: Bring enough fun elements in the classroom as students of all age group would love to learn with fun. Spend some time to plan your teaching strategy in a playful way inculcating tactfully various elements of the lessons. Make sure that each and every kid in the classroom is giving full participation by including some group movements. This helps to keep them focused throughout the lesson and enhance their attention span.

Create opportunities: Don’t leave it always to the students to start  activities in classroom. It is important for teachers to create enough opportunities for them to express themselves and actively participate in the learning period. Set interesting milestones or initiate a group project or ask them to perform in groups based on a lesson. Set the stage comfortable so that even the shy students come forward and express themselves and present well.

Class discussions: This kind of team work activity can be organized frequently to let the students interact intellectually and also to have fun. Give wise topics that stimulate their critical thinking and logical reasoning. Teachers should ensure that the environment is friendly and students are expressing freely. Friendly debates on interesting topics can also be organized in between to Triger up the activity.

Bring visual tools: Kids pay more attention and interest towards visual presentation of data. So it would be a good idea to bring visual tools to classrooms to make the sessions more active. It can be a power point presentation, video or a talking presentation by the teacher that deepens their level of understanding. With the introduction of interactive white boards, the learning with visual elements is gaining more popularity.

Plan outdoor activities: When the kids are always stuck up inside four walls of a classroom, they would find it suffocating. It is a good idea to take them outdoors to let them have a different learning experience. It can be learning under the shades of a school ground tree or take them for field trips once in a while. This is another tactics to keep them active throughout the learning sessions.

Student-made games: It is also a nice option to try student made games in a while. This also gives them opportunity to express their knowledge, skills or talents. Make it a turn wise approach so that every kid will get a chance to showcase their efficiency in creating games. You can make the activity more interesting by making a poll to find the most popular student game of a month.

Don't Repeat Classroom Material It's appropriate and essential to review classroom material, but try not to repeat it v because this can make it less interesting for students. The next time you need to review material, try playing a review game during which you present the information in a way that's different from the first time you taught the students. For this activity, students draw a pyramid in their notebooks and write down three things they learned, two things they thought were interesting, and one question the

Create Classroom Games

Whether you're 5 or 25, playing a game can be fun. Games are also a great way to keep lessons interesting. If your students need to remember their spelling words, conduct a spelling bee—a contest in which participants are eliminated when they misspell a word. Yet it's essential that you find ways to keep your classes interesting so your students can absorb and retain the information that you present.

For decades, educators have been trying new teaching strategies to keep their students on their toes and get them excited about learning. Although some strategies have failed, others have been found to be quite effective. Explore 10 teacher-tested ways to keep your class 

 

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