Taking active learning into the primary school : a matter of new practices?
Stephen, Christine and Ellis, Jennifer and Martlew, Joan (2010) Taking active learning into the primary school : a matter of new practices? International Journal of Early Years Education, 18 (4). 315 - 329. ISSN 0966-9760
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This paper examines the extension of active learning pedagogical practices familiar in preschool settings to the first class of primary school. Policy and practice guidance in the UK is advocating the benefits of experiential learning as a way of engaging young children as they move into primary school but for teachers this means a move to new practices which can be in tension with other expectations. In this paper, the rationale for active learning is considered along with an account of the classroom activities of teachers and children in five primary schools that were implementing the policy shift to active learning. The children in these classes spent varying amounts of time in whole class activities led by the teacher or in small groups directed to engage with specific activities. They had opportunities to engage and respond verbally, through manipulating objects and with physical actions but the emphasis was on planned, teacher-directed learning activities. The characteristics of active learning as introduced in these innovative classes are compared with the expectations of practice guidance and theorising about early learning.
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Stephen, Christine, Ellis, Jennifer and Martlew, Joan  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1759-5170;
| Item type: | Article |
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| ID code: | 29182 |
| Keywords: | active learning, primary school, classroom practices, teacher actions, implementing policy, Theory and practice of education, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education |
| Subjects: | Education > Theory and practice of education |
| Department: | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Education > Education |
| Depositing user: | Pure Administrator |
| Date deposited: | 07 Mar 2011 23:27 |
| Last modified: | 20 Jan 2021 19:11 |
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| URI: | https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/29182 |
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