Action-based Learning Methods

The action-based learning approach emphasizes the activity of the learner. Its core principles include the requirement that learning should be based on hands-on experiments and activities.

The idea behind action-based learning is the principle that learners are active agents rather than passive recipients of information.

Programme contents:

• What is action-based learning?
• Why is engaging the learner in action so important?
• Promoting learner activity
• Different kinds of action-based learning methods
  • activating thinking
  • art promoting learning
  • drama methods
  • project learning
  • creativity, for instance: stories, writing
  • group-based learning methods, for instance: sociometry, cooperative methods
  • pedagogical games and exercises

Training methods:

The training is highly practical. There are lectures, group discussions and different kinds of action-based learning exercises. Many of the action-based learning methods presented will be practiced. This way, participants get concrete experiences of the action-based learning methods.

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