Respondents particularly appreciated the practical exercises, the discussions, and the trainers' interactive teaching approach.
Although the seminar teachers were free to utilize any method and media to meet their session objectives, they were encouraged to use as much interactive teaching approach as possible.
However, the most common approaches focus on interactive teaching workshops [ 8- 12].
A study by Costa et al. [ 9] and by Doucet et al. [ 10] showed better knowledge retention after interactive teaching and better results from a PBL approach to continuing medical education, respectively.
The learning module consisted of a series of interactive seminars and discussions utilising blended learning with multiple teaching approaches including lectures, online multimedia study, role-playing, and activities.
The Science Education Initiative at the University of Colorado, Boulder (www.colorado.edu/sei) uses Science Teaching Fellows as the vehicle to help interested and committed departments change their teaching approaches to be more student centered, interactive, and assessment-based (www.visionandchange.org/wp-content/themes/simpla_widgetized/files/William%20Wood_V&C%20Wood_V&C.
Background: The revised Health and Family Life Education HFLEE) Program in Jamaica since 2007, has incorporated a life-skills based approach to teaching and the use of interactive teaching methods in the overall delivery of the program.
Hierarchical regression analyses showed that preference for interactive teaching was associated with a combination of Emotional Stability, Agreeableness, and deep learning approach.
The traditional teaching approach is perceived as stressful by many students, and there is a need for novel methods to be used to encourage interactive teaching [ 23, 24].
Different teaching approaches?
