How Do We Encourage Active Learning In Children?

Active learning engages students through hands-on activities, experiments, and real-life connections. At Manthan International School, we use project-based learning, educational apps, and peer discussions to enhance understanding and critical thinking. Book a tour to see how we foster creativity and active participation.

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2. Our education systems are built in a way that, at most times,
learners remain passive in a learning environment. Teachers talk to
the students, narrating and teaching the topics while students
remain mere listeners. Active learning approaches can create a
different environment where students need to think hard and
constantly make use of the new information they have learnt. This
makes them active participants in the learning journey and enables
them to better understand the concepts. In this blog, we try to
understand what active learning is and how we can encourage this
practice in children, especially in their early years of education.
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3. Active learning is a student-centred
approach involving problem-based
learning or experiential learning.
The idea is to constantly interact
and learn with the flow. The
simplest example of this is the small
role plays students are asked to do
in class to explain a concept or the
moral of a story. Instead of a
teacher narrating a story, when
students come up with a small skit
themselves, they learn a lot more
and the idea remains etched in
their minds. Such play-based
learning is actively implemented in
Manthan.

4. There are several active learning
approaches and a single approach
never works for everyone. So, we
need to explore it through different
experiments and projects. We can
start small by implementing in-
class poll questions. We can
conduct quizzes after teaching a
lesson to check students’
understanding of the concept. We
can divide students into groups and
encourage them to discuss a
certain topic before the lesson is
taught in class.

5. Nowadays, there are a lot of online
resources that are available for
help. These resources help teachers
and students to experience active
learning. The audio-visual medium
also helps children retain attention.
We can use educational apps to
teach them a concept and follow it
up with small question-and-answer
sessions.

6. In early years education,
connecting learning topics with
real-life examples is the basic yet
most effective way to get students
actively engaged in a classroom
scenario. An interesting anecdote
can often simplify the explanation
of a concept, and students should
also be encouraged to share their
own. When we finally connect the
dots, the students will learn the
concept and also know how to
relate it to real-life scenarios.

7. Teachers must always evaluate the
impact of strategies to ensure that they
help children learn easily. Play-based
learning helps students take
responsibility for their learning. As they
actively engage in learning something,
they construct their knowledge and
develop their skills, which helps their
metacognition process, where they
develop a critical awareness about their
learning behaviour and can self-
evaluate their strengths and weaknesses
as a learner. Such a practice goes a long
way in not just improving their learning
abilities but also in shaping a better
version of an individual’s personality and
improving their level of confidence.

8. At Manthan, a range of effective methods and examples are employed to enhance
student learning. Hands-on activities are utilised by teachers to actively engage students,
such as building solar system models or conducting science experiments. Additionally,
students are involved in project-based learning, providing them with opportunities to
apply classroom knowledge to real-world problems, such as designing robots or creating
public service announcements. Discussions are encouraged, fostering critical thinking and
peer learning. They also focus on in-depth learning of different subjects through activities
specifically designed for the subject (Literati for English, Samanvay for Social, Srijan for
Math and Science, Abhilasha for Hindi, etc.) Moreover, Manthan recognises the value of
creativity and self-expression, encouraging students to explore their artistic abilities
through activities like art, music, writing, and more.

9. The flipped classroom approach is effective across all grades and levels. Students are
equipped to study and research concepts, and activity-based learning reinforces
them.
Research-based learning increases student interest by requiring group work to
examine and research numerous themes. Before starting the study, groups are divided
and research stages are explained. Students are provided an overview of research
processes before researching a topic utilising books, papers, online tools, etc.
Peer learning is another active learning method. This helps kids appreciate each
other’s perspectives, accept each other’s opinions, and learn from each other. This is
used in addition to classroom instruction.
Some themes are integrated with other disciplines to teach students that no subject
can be studied alone. This sort of active learning teaches pupils to analyse and
evaluate multiple subjects at once.

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Manthan runs classes from Jr KG to
class 12 at its Tellapur Campus. It is
affiliated with Cambridge Board
(CAIE) and CBSE. Manthan is
celebrating a decade of excellence in
delivering quality education
especially under Cambridge Board.

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