Below is a post by Anabele Pardi.
When we say “interactive activities” we mean
not just easy tasks the students have to do during lectures, not only talking
in groups about certain topics but also games. Competitive (with or without
reward) games centered on the topic took the role of assessments for our learning
objectives.
We were very pleasantly surprised by the
excitement of the students, even though their background knowledge, for some of
them, was minimal. This leaves only one conclusion: their energetic and
competitive attitude was fueled mainly by curiosity and competitiveness. What
contributed heavily to the success of the interactive activities’ success was,
in my opinion, the friendly and relaxed environment we managed to create ever
since the first day of the school.
We incorporated interactive teaching
techniques during lectures in order to keep the interest of the students high
and energize them. It worked! This method’s purpose was also to address students
who learn better through practical activities. We wanted to get them familiar
with working in groups, communicate and move forward as a team. This way, they
not only joined their forces for solving certain problems but they also got to
know each other.
Because of the different background of
students, the groups were mixed most of the times. This helped the students
unfamiliar with the topic to express themselves in the comfort of a small group
and catch up to the level of the group while the students with a better
understanding of topics could feel very well about explaining and helping
others. Overall, I think everyone benefited from this method. We also led discussions
and debates in the open to students can
express their individual points of view and get more comfortable with public
speaking.
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