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Active learning (Grade 1 & 2)

Active Learning is a form of learning in which teaching strives to involve students in the learning process more directly than in other methods through play, technology-based learning, activity-based learning, group work, project method. It is not teacher-centered, and it requires more than just listening; the active participation of each and every student is a necessary aspect in active learning. Students must be doing things and simultaneously think about the work done and the purpose behind it so that they can enhance their higher order thinking.

The Principles of Active Learning:

Purpose

The relevance of the task to the students’ concerns.

Reflective

Students’ reflection on the meaning of what is learned.

Negotiated

Negotiation of goals and methods of learning between students and teachers.

Critical

Students appreciate different ways and means of learning the content.

Complex

Students compare learning tasks with complexities existing in real life and making reflective analysis.

Situation-driven

The need of the situation is considered in order to establish learning tasks.

Engaged

Real life tasks are reflected in the activities conducted for learning.

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Constructive Framework (Grade 3 to 6)

Learning through meaningful reception – emphasizes the previous knowledge the learner possesses and considers it a key factor in learning.
Learning through discovery – where students learn through discovery of ideas with the help of situations provided by the teacher.
Conceptual change: misconceptions takes place as students discover knowledge without any guidance; teachers provide knowledge keeping in mind the common misconceptions about the content and keep an evaluation check on the knowledge constructed by the students.
Social Constructiveness – collaborative group work within the framework of cognitive strategies like questioning, clarifying, predicting and summarizing.