Journal Article

Telling Active Learning Pedagogies Apart: from theory to practice

Hood Cattaneo, Kelsey

2017

Overview

Designing learning environments to incorporate active learning pedagogies is difficult as definitions are often contested and intertwined. This article seeks to determine whether classification of active learning pedagogies (i.e., project-based, problem-based, inquiry-based, case-based, and discovery-based), through theoretical and practical lenses, could function as a useful tool for researchers and practitioners in comparing pedagogies. This article classified five active learning pedagogies based on six constructivist elements. The comparison was completed through a comparative analysis and a content analysis informed by a systematic literature review. The findings were that learner-centeredness is a primary goal of all pedagogies; however, there is a strong dissonance between each pedagogy’s theoretical underpinnings and implementation realities. This dissonance complicates differentiating active learning pedagogies and classification as a comparative tool has proved to have limited usefulness.

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing,Universidad de Alicante,Nature Publishing Group,University of Alicante,Springer
• Subject: Active Learning / Aprendizaje basado en casos / Aprendizaje basado en descubrimientos / Aprendizaje basado en investigaciones / Aprendizaje basado en problemas / Aprendizaje basado en proyectos / based / Case Method (Teaching Technique) / Case studies / CASE-BASED / Classification / Classrooms / Comparative Analysis / Constructivism (Learning) / Content Analysis / Discovery / DISCOVERY-LEARNING / Education / Educational Environment / Educational Resources / Inquiry / Inquiry method / INQUIRY-BASED / Interdisciplinary aspects / learning / Literature Reviews / Original / Pedagogy / Problem / Problem Based Learning / PROBLEM-BASED / Project / PROJECT-BASED / Student Centered Learning / Student Projects / Students / Systematic review / Teaching Methods / Theory Practice Relationship